Robocopy with /MIR or /PURGE options

FinalBuilder Discussion
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Does the FinalBuilder RoboCopy action support the /MIR or /PURGE options?  I was looking at the Options tab of the RoboCopy action properties dialog and did not see anything that looked like one of those two options.

thanks,
Chris Miller
VersaTrans Solutions

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Hi Chris,

Thanks for your post.

Use the “Robocopy Mirror” action for the /MIR option.

The /PURGE option has not been explicitly supported in the standard Robocopy action (although it’s implied by /MIR), mostly out of a desire to avoid people messing up their directory structures if a build goes wrong.

You can still enable it, however. If you go to the “Action Inspector” tab, there is a hidden option called “Extra Params at End” where you can add /PURGE if you need to. Please use with caution (I’d recommend just using the Mirror action, if possible.)

Regards,

Angus

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Doh!  I completely forgot about the additional ROBOCOPY actions.

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Don’t worry about it. Even we sometimes forget what actions are out there!