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How to Copy Only New Files and Changed Files With XCopy on Windows

Posted on 18/11/2014 by Fatih Acar

If you want to copy only new files or changed files, you can use xcopy command in batch script file on Windows system.

Copy Only New Files and Changed Files With XCopy

set SourceDir=D:\Source
set TargetDir=F:\Target
xcopy %SourceDir% %TargetDir% /i /d /y

/i /d /y parameters provide that copy only new files and changed files. These detect file modify time changes , but do not notice size changes.

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4 thoughts on “How to Copy Only New Files and Changed Files With XCopy on Windows”

  1. Chuck Swenson says:
    26/11/2016 at 21:27

    This will fail if you have new directories – xcopy ignores them by default. To copy everything, including new directories, you should add the /e switch:
    Also, if you have spaces in your directory names, you need to enclose them in double quotes. So:
    Set SourceDir=”D\My Source\stuff”
    Set TargetDir=”F:\My Backup\stuff”
    xcopy %SourceDir% %TargetDir% /i /d /y /e

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  4. Zoks says:
    26/09/2018 at 21:40

    I found a problem with this /i /d /y switches when destination is on network (\\server\….) , it copy all the time all files instead new and changed ones.
    When destination is on local HD than it works OK, is this some bug?

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