I m using robocopy to do backups with a PowerShell script, and it s pretty awesome, except that I d like it to only show the progress percentage while it copies and not all of the other information.
The other information clutters the command window, which I d clean and simple so that it s easy to see the overall progress of the backup.
Is this possible?
I added the following 2 parameters:
/np /nfl
So together with the 5 parameters from AndyGeek s answer, which are /njh /njs /ndl /nc /ns you get the following and it s silent:
ROBOCOPY [source] [target] /NFL /NDL /NJH /NJS /nc /ns /np
/NFL : No File List - don t log file names.
/NDL : No Directory List - don t log directory names.
/NJH : No Job Header.
/NJS : No Job Summary.
/NP : No Progress - don t display percentage copied.
/NS : No Size - don t log file sizes.
/NC : No Class - don t log file classes.
I did it by using the following options:
/njh /njs /ndl /nc /ns
Note that the file name still displays, but that s fine for me.
For more information on robocopy, go to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy
If you want no output at all this is the most simple way:
robocopy src dest > nul
If you still need some information and only want to strip parts of the output, use the parameters from R.Koene s answer.
In PowerShell, I like to use:
robocopy src dest | Out-Null
It avoids having to remember all the command line switches.
robocopy also tends to print empty lines even if it does not do anything. I m filtering empty lines away using command like this:
robocopy /NDL /NJH /NJS /NP /NS /NC %fromDir% %toDir% %filenames% | findstr /r /v "^$"
A workaround, if you want it to be absolutely silent, is to redirect the output to a file (and optionally delete it later).
Robocopy src dest > output.log
del output.log
I m not sure if it is correct but I used this in Gitlab and it works:
robocopy <src> <dst> *.dll *.exe *.bat /E; $LastExitCode
The > null does not work in the quotes. It sees the > null as the batch filename.
The robocopy no output worked!!!
Here is the new batch file:
robocopy /mir /B /r:1 /nfl /ndl /njh /njs /nc /ns /np c:EnvBackup c:offsite_backupEnvBackup
robocopy /mir /B /r:1 /nfl /ndl /njh /njs /nc /ns /np c:shares c:offsite_backupshares
robocopy /mir /B /r:1 /nfl /ndl /njh /njs /nc /ns /np c:Quickbooks_Backup c:offsite_backupQuickbooks_Backup
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