Monday, 8 July 2019

why does robocopy say this file is older?

why does robocopy say this file is older?


Robocopy shows (I think I used /MIR and /L)


   2    M:\bk\laptopcopy\pics\
Older 79248 regular-expressions-cheat-sheet-v2.png

None of the time stamps seem to reflect that though.


---- dir showing the modified time stamp
M:\>dir m:\bk\laptopcopy\pics
Tue 22 Jul 2008 05:01 79,248 regular-expressions-cheat-sheet-v2.png

F:\formozy\smalltxtdoc\bk\laptopcopy\pics
>dir regular-expressions-cheat-sheet-v2.png
22/07/2008 05:01 79,248 regular-expressions-cheat-sheet-v2.png
------


---dir showing the creation time stamp----
M:\bk\laptopcopy\pics
>dir /t:c regular-expressions-cheat-sheet-v2.png
24/08/2008 16:04 79,248 regular-expressions-cheat-s

F:\formozy\smalltxtdoc\bk\laptopcopy\pics
>dir /t:c regular-expressions-cheat-sheet-v2.png
24/08/2008 16:04 79,248 regular-expressions-cheat-s
----------------------


--- dir showing the access time stamp
M:\bk\laptopcopy\pics
>dir /t:a regular-expressions-cheat-sheet-v2.png
20/04/2013 11:23 79,248 regular-expressions-cheat-sh

F:\formozy\smalltxtdoc\bk\laptopcopy\pics
>dir /t:a regular-expressions-cheat-sheet-v2.png
29/12/2010 14:31 79,248 regular-expressions-cheat-sh
----------

Documentation says [1]


File        Exists In   Exists In        Source/Dest     Source/Dest   Source/Dest
Class Source Destination File Times File Sizes Attributes
=========== =========== ================ =============== ============= ============
Lonely Yes No n/a n/a n/a
Tweaked Yes Yes Equal Equal Different
Same Yes Yes Equal Equal Equal
Changed Yes Yes Equal Different n/a
Newer Yes Yes Source > Dest n/a n/a
Older Yes Yes Source < Dest n/a n/a
Extra No Yes n/a n/a n/a
Mismatched Yes (file) Yes (directory) n/a n/a n/a

[1] What does robocopy mean by tweaked, lonely and extra?


Which mentions documentation and http://theether.net/download/Microsoft/Utilities/robocopy.pdf and http://www.lordgoogle.com/downloads/robocopy/robocopy.doc

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