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goombawaho
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I set up a batch file today using robocopy to copy the contents of the Documents folder to an external hard drive for backup purposes.
robocopy.exe C:\users\USER\documents X:\weekly\documents /MIR /XA:SH /FFT /TEE /ZB /R:2 /W:5 /LOG+:"C:\weekly.log"
The content of the Documents folder copied over no problem. What I didn't expect was that it also copied all the data in My Pictures as well. Is there some kind of a hidden pointer to the My Pictures folder because certainly the Pictures folder is NOT a subfolder of the Documents folder.
I figured it out by noting that the documents folder was 10GB but the backup folder had something like 30GB in it. The robocopy log file showed it copying everything in the My Pictures folder.
"Living tomorrow is everyone's sorrow.
Modern man's daydreams have turned into nightmares.
robocopy.exe C:\users\USER\documents X:\weekly\documents /MIR /XA:SH /FFT /TEE /ZB /R:2 /W:5 /LOG+:"C:\weekly.log"
The content of the Documents folder copied over no problem. What I didn't expect was that it also copied all the data in My Pictures as well. Is there some kind of a hidden pointer to the My Pictures folder because certainly the Pictures folder is NOT a subfolder of the Documents folder.
I figured it out by noting that the documents folder was 10GB but the backup folder had something like 30GB in it. The robocopy log file showed it copying everything in the My Pictures folder.
"Living tomorrow is everyone's sorrow.
Modern man's daydreams have turned into nightmares.