Shell Commands/MirrorCopy - Revision history

JPV at 12:38, 25 June 2026

2026-06-25T12:38:22Z

JPV at 11:52, 25 June 2026

2026-06-25T11:52:11Z

JPV at 14:30, 24 June 2026

2026-06-24T14:30:26Z

JPV: Created page with "'''MirrorCopy''' - Mirrors directory trees F=FROM/A,T=TO/A,V=VERBOSE/S,Q=QUIET/S,ND=NODEL=NODELETE/S,NC=NOCRE=NOCREATION/S, NR=NOREC=NORECREATION/S,NU=NOUPD=NOUPDATE/S,A=ALL/..."

2026-06-24T13:56:19Z

Created page with "'''MirrorCopy''' - Mirrors directory trees F=FROM/A,T=TO/A,V=VERBOSE/S,Q=QUIET/S,ND=NODEL=NODELETE/S,NC=NOCRE=NOCREATION/S, NR=NOREC=NORECREATION/S,NU=NOUPD=NOUPDATE/S,A=ALL/..."

New page

'''MirrorCopy''' - Mirrors directory trees

F=FROM/A,T=TO/A,V=VERBOSE/S,Q=QUIET/S,ND=NODEL=NODELETE/S,NC=NOCRE=NOCREATION/S,
NR=NOREC=NORECREATION/S,NU=NOUPD=NOUPDATE/S,A=ALL/S,NS=NOSOFT/S,NH=NOHARD/S,
DD=DELDIR/K,OD=OLDDIR/K,FP=FILEPAT/K,DP=DIRPAT/K,MNDD=MAKENODUMMYDIRS/S,S=STAT=STATS/S,
B=BUF=FILEBUFFERSIZE/N,DOSBUFFERS/K/N,D=DATE/S,DATEFORMAT=DATEFMT/K,CNT=CONTINUE/S,
SRD=SKIPROOTDOTFILES/S,LOG=LOGFILE/K

<nowiki>
FROM - Source directory
TO - Destination directory
VERBOSE - Displays additional information
QUIET - Suppresses all output but errors
NODELETE - Do not delete any entries from the destination
NOCREATION - Not implemented currently
NORECREATION - Do not recreate any entries in the destination,
like replacing a file with a directory
NOUPDATE - Do not update any entries in the destination, but
entries may still be created and deleted
ALL - Includes sub-directories in the operation
NOSOFT - Do not copy soft links, but they still may be
removed from the destination
NOHARD - Do not copy or delete hard links, but they still
can get overwritten by different types of entries
DELDIR - Move files into a specified directory instead of deleting them
(DELDIR must reside on the same volume as TO)
OLDDIR - Not implemented currently
FILEPAT - Not implemented currently
DIRPAT - Not implemented currently
MAKENODUMMYDIRS - Not implemented currently
STATS - Prints statistics of the mirroring operation
FILEBUFFERSIZE - Buffer size in kilobytes (default 1024)
DOSBUFFERS
DATE - Creates a date-based sub-directory where files are moved with
the DELDIR option
DATEFORMAT
CONTINUE
SKIPROOTDOTFILES - Exclude files and dirs in the root dir
LOGFILE
</nowiki>

Examples:
<nowiki>
MirrorCheck A=Work:Music B=SMB2FS0:Music SKIP="NOP" QUIET
</nowiki>

@@ Line 44: / Line 44: @@
 </nowiki>
+'''Note that with the default options, all files that don't exist in the source directory will be deleted from the destination directory! Be very careful when supplying the destination directory (TO) for the progam!'''
 The official documentation can be found from the SYS:MorphOS/Locale/Help/english/MirrorBackup.guide file.
 Examples:
-</nowiki>
+Create an exact mirror of a directory (files that don't exist in the source directory anymore will be deleted from the destination directory too):

@@ Line 34: / Line 34: @@
 DATE             - Creates a date-based sub-directory where files are moved with
                     the DELDIR option
-DATEFORMAT       -
+DATEFORMAT       - Formatting string for the DATE directory, see the Date command for
-CONTINUE         -
+                   substitution operators, but avoid using anything that produces
 SKIPROOTDOTFILES - Exclude files and dirs in the root dir that start
                     with a dot (.recycled and .trashcan, for example)
-LOGFILE          -
+LOGFILE          - Write or append output to a file
 </nowiki>
 Examples:

@@ Line 14: / Line 14: @@
 NODELETE         - Do not delete any entries from the destination
 NOCREATION       - Not implemented currently
-NORECREATION     - Do not recreate any entries in the destination,
+NORECREATION     - Do not recreate any entries in the destination, like replacing
-                    like replacing a file with a directory
+                    a file with a directory
-NOUPDATE         - Do not update any entries in the destination, but
+NOUPDATE         - Do not update any entries in the destination, but entries may
-                    entries may still be created and deleted
+                    still be created and deleted
 ALL              - Includes sub-directories in the operation
-NOSOFT           - Do not copy soft links, but they still may be
+NOSOFT           - Do not copy soft links, but they still may be removed from
-                    removed from the destination
+                    the destination
-NOHARD           - Do not copy or delete hard links, but they still
+NOHARD           - Do not copy or delete hard links, but they still can get
-                    can get overwritten by different types of entries
+                    overwritten by different types of entries
 DELDIR           - Move files into a specified directory instead of deleting them
                     (DELDIR must reside on the same volume as TO)
@@ Line 30: / Line 30: @@
 MAKENODUMMYDIRS  - Not implemented currently
 STATS            - Prints statistics of the mirroring operation
-FILEBUFFERSIZE   - Buffer size in kilobytes (default 1024)
+FILEBUFFERSIZE   - File copy buffer size in kilobytes (default 1024)
-DOSBUFFERS
+DOSBUFFERS       - Changes drive's cache buffers temporarily to this value
 DATE             - Creates a date-based sub-directory where files are moved with
                     the DELDIR option
-DATEFORMAT
+DATEFORMAT       -
-CONTINUE
+CONTINUE         -
-SKIPROOTDOTFILES - Exclude files and dirs in the root dir
+SKIPROOTDOTFILES - Exclude files and dirs in the root dir that start
-LOGFILE
+                   with a dot (.recycled and .trashcan, for example)
 </nowiki>
 Examples:
   <nowiki>
-MirrorCheck A=Work:Music B=SMB2FS0:Music SKIP="NOP" QUIET
 </nowiki>