Hello,
I'm having the following problem: I have a script that runs every night to
backup all changed files on a server to a USB harddisk which is changed
daily. I'm using robocopy for this action with the following syntax:
robocopy f:\data e:\data /mir
F: is the source drive, E: the backup disk. I'm using the /mir option so
that robocopy copies all files that have been changed in the source to the
destination and removes deleted files in the source from the destination.
Periodically, I use windiff after a backup action to check if all files on
the destination are the same as the ones on the source. Windiff though, seems
to see more "difference" in files than robocopy does, because windiff reports
quite some files to be different from each other, but robocopy doesn't copy
them. The date/time and file size of both files are the same (that's why
robocopy doesn't copy them), but windiff reports them to be different.
What properties does windiff look at in checking if two files are equal? Is
there a way to make robocopy look at the same properties? What properties
could make both files different?
I hope someone can help me on this..! Thanks!
Oscar
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