Robocopy version and Download source

[FrankGC]

Hi,
 How do I determine the version of Robocopy that I have?
 I looked at Robocopy.exe.mui > properties > details and it did not show the version. If I can determine the version and if here is a later one available where can I find it?
My  Robocopy came with Vista.
Thanks
Frank C

[marvinengland]

Hi,
 How do I determine the version of Robocopy that I have?
 I looked at Robocopy.exe.mui > properties > details and it did not show the version. If I can determine the version and if here is a later one available where can I find it?
My  Robocopy came with Vista.
Thanks
Frank C

C:\>dir /s robo*.*
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 0652-E41D

 Directory of C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools

04/02/2003  08:07 PM           253,440 robocopy.doc
04/18/2003  06:06 PM            79,872 robocopy.exe
               2 File(s)        333,312 bytes


http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en

[marvinengland]

 Directory of C:\Windows\System32

07/13/2009  08:14 PM            97,280 Robocopy.exe
               1 File(s)         97,280 bytes

[Salmon Trout]

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Version File version    Year    Origin 
1.70    -               1997    Windows NT Resource Kit         
1.71    4.0.1.71        1997    Windows NT Resource Kit         
1.95    4.0.1.95        1999    Windows 2000 Resource Kit       
1.96    4.0.1.96        1999    Windows 2000 Resource Kit
XP010   5.1.1.1010      2003    Windows 2003 Resource Kit       
XP026   5.1.2600.26     2005    Downloaded with Robocopy GUI v.3.1.2   
XP027   5.1.10.1027     2008    Bundled with Windows Vista, Server 2008 and later

[Salmon Trout]

Note: XP027 only runs on Vista and later, and was included in those OSs anyway, so there is no point in downloading later than XP026.

[patio]

Holey Cow...

[FrankGC]

Thanks to all for the responses.
My Win Vista has Windows Resource Kits Tools is here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Resource Kits\Tools
It has Subinacl but I don't see Robocopy.
The reason that I asked about the version of Robocopy is because I got in considerable difficulty with some folders and files regarding ownership and permissions on the external drive that was used for backup by Robocopy.
See Post "Elevated command Prompt fails to find path" Reply #4 on: June 01, 2010, 11:36:21 AM »
I did not want to repeat that experience so I wanted to see if My robocopy was up to date. I did run it again and had no difficulty.
Still, it would be nice to find the Robocopy.exe and see it's version number.
Do you know where it is in Vista Ultimate 64 bit?
Thanks
Frank Camp

[Salmon Trout]

Do you know where it is in Vista Ultimate 64 bit?

The usual place would be C:\Windows\System32 (This is where Robocopy.exe is on my Windows 7 Pro 64 bit, and I have no doubt that it's the same on Vista. If it is, and you didn't put it there, it must be the default bundled version and it must therefore be the latest version - XP027,  file version 5.1.10.1027.

Your file ownership/permission problems are unlikely to be have been caused by Robocopy.

[FrankGC]

Thanks so much Salmon Trout,
 I did find Robocopy.exe in C:\Windows\System32
It came bundled with Vista Ultimate 64 bit.
It is version 5.1.0.0 1027 dated 1/20/2008.
I do believe the ownership/permission problem  arose from Robocopy. I was not using any other tool to write to the external drive.
The bad owners were - nobody (Unix User\nobody)
The OK owners were - Linux User,,, (EXTERNALDRIVE\everyone)
Thanks
Frank Camp

[BC_Programmer]

I do believe the ownership/permission problem  arose from Robocopy. I was not using any other tool to write to the external drive.
The bad owners were - nobody (Unix User\nobody)
The OK owners were - Linux User,,, (EXTERNALDRIVE\everyone)
Thanks
Frank Camp

  /COPY:copyflag :: what to COPY for files (default is /COPY:DAT).
                       (copyflags : D=Data, A=Attributes, T=Timestamps).
                       (S=Security=NTFS ACLs, O=Owner info, U=aUditing info).

did you use /COPY:DATSOU ?

[Salmon Trout]

I do believe the ownership/permission problem  arose from Robocopy. I was not using any other tool to write to the external drive.

OK, I'll rephrase it slightly

Your file ownership/permission problems are likely to be have been caused by how you used Robocopy.

[FrankGC]

Thanks to both for the response.

This is the Robocpy cmd inside of a small .bat file
 Perhaps using  /COPY:DT was not a good idea, but  initially I got a lot of "Error 5 Access denied".

Robocopy C:\Users\Owner\Music\recordings\  \\externaldrive\public\BackUp-Music\recordings\  /S /COPY:DT  /MIR  /Log:MusicBkupLog.txt

/COPY:DT copies Data and Timestamps. Does not copy Attributes thus avoiding "Error 5 access denied".
/MIR mirrors the source directory tree
/S  copy Subdirectories, but not empty ones.

 Running Robocopy under Task Scheduler can be challenging if the destination is a shared network drive.
A solution to get the destination drive accessed is to use Universal Naming Convention (UNC) addressing for the target:
\\externaldrive\public\BackUp-Music\recordings\

I used the same format to backup pictures with no problem:
Robocopy C:\Users\Public\Pictures\ \\externaldrive\public\BackUp-Pictures\  /S /COPY:DT  /MIR  /Log:PictureBkupLog.txt

Thanks
Frank Camp