MS Windows: xcopy and robocopy with mentions of batch procedures and rsync.
Table of Contents 1. Copy and Paste: the universal method. 2. A short introduction to the Command Line in MS Windows. 3. Two integrated command-line solutions: xcopy and robocopy. 4. Basic scheme and some options, among many, of the robocopy command. 5. Robocopy and batch procedures. 6. Robocopy and Rsync. 7. FreeFileSync 1. Copy and Paste: the universal method. To transfer files from one folder to another folder we usually use “copy and paste.” The “universal method” is “copy and paste”: we all know how it works and it is certainly simple and straightforward. But is it also the most efficient method? If there were some documents already previously transferred and others to be transferred, it would be necessary to manually select those to be transferred before doing the “copy and paste,” and this operation could be particularly time-consuming. In cases like these, more efficient solutions should be sought. These solutions exist but are somewhat hidden...