Robocopy syntax doesn't work in my batch file anymore

phrab said:

I guess it works somewhat differently in WinXP.

Hard to say - I was born in the 80's.

Whether robocopy worked at that time I'd have to google (assuming Google predated XP which I don't know).

I know my own little peeve with it (the 100%100%100% in the log file) isn't fixed in the last 20 years.

Thank you. It was really bugging me that.

ddelo said:

Are you using the /MT switch?
Mind you that this switch was introduced in Win7, long later WinXP

Sorry...I missed this. No, I'm not using the /MT switch. However, I put the /DCOPY:T with the other switches before the /LOG:\backups\etc.. When I put the switch after /LOG:\backups\etc., it seems to work. So I guess I goofed. I'll see if it works tomorrow.

ddelo said:

1. The /DCOPY:T switch copies the timestamp of each copied directory (= folder). The D,A are not needed as they are copied by the /MIR switch.

I just put the /DCOPY:T switch at the end (on my Win10 machine). The log file was created, BUT when I opened it, I got this message on 2 of the log files:
"Copying NTFS Security to Destination Directory D:\backups\FolderName\This security ID may not be assigned as the owner of this object."
Not sure what's going on.

ddelo said:

It seems that the destination file permissions cannot be set by your account.
2. Add the /B switch (to run in Backup mode)

Thank you for your reply. When I did this manually, I got this message:
ERROR : You do not have the Backup and Restore Files user rights.***** You need these to perform Backup copies (/B or /ZB).ERROR : Robocopy ran out of memory, exiting.ERROR : Invalid Parameter #%d : "%s"ERROR : Invalid Job File, Line #%d :"%s" Started : %s %s

However, the Task Scheduler, which is checked to run with highest permissions, worked fine. When I ran it directly, I got the error message. If I run it as an administrator, it works fine. I guess I didn't give myself enough permissions as a user/administrator.