or “Robust File Copy”, is a command-line directory and/or file replication command. Robocopy functionally replaces Xcopy, with more options. It has been first introduced as a standard feature in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
Ability to tolerate network interruptions and resume copying. (incomplete files are marked with a date stamp of 1970-01-01 and contain a recovery record so Robocopy knows where to continue from)
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