How to copy a directory structure and all NTFS security attributes

This one was actually easier than I thought. Robocopy seems to do a good job at this. I created a folder structure that had empty folders and some NTFS permissions. I called this folder that I wanted to copy Copytest. I then executed this Robocopy command to make a copy of this folder structure on another hard drive.

Robocopy e:\CopyTest c:\CopyTest /sec /mir

The /SEC preserves the permissions and the /MIR creates a mirror of the original location on the destination.

Comments

George said…

Love Robocopy! Such a great tool and has worked for me flawlessly for years.

February 11, 2013 at 9:14 AM

Steve said…

Robocopy is good, but how do you work with open files.

March 26, 2013 at 12:07 PM

Steve said…

Only problem with Robocopy is that it will not work with open files. I was hoping that Copy-Item would work, but I don't see any info on it coping the ACL's, nor open files.

March 26, 2013 at 12:10 PM

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