If I run a robocopy command from a batch file, it complains that there is no destination. If I run exactly the same command from the command line, it works! Whats up? I'd really like to mirror to onedrive...

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If I run a robocopy command from a batch file, it complains that there is no destination. If I run exactly the same command from the command line, it works! Whats up? I'd really like to mirror to onedrive...

I am not familiar with robocopy at all but does it maybe have a switch for "unattended" or "batch" processing that you might need to add to the batch
file version?

Seems like I have run into some programs, from time to time, that run differently when called from a batch file (vs. running from the command
line). The difference can sometimes be fixed by including some additional command line option in the batch file.

Just a wild guess. ;)


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Re: robocopy problem...
By: Shurato to All on Sun Jul 20 2025 02:31 pm

If I run a robocopy command from a batch file, it complains that there is no destination. If I run exactly the same command from the command line, it works! Whats up? I'd really like to mirror to onedrive...

I was just using robocopy at work recently. I haven't encountered this issue, but it looks like there are some things online. A couple links:

https://community.spiceworks.com/t/robocopy-no-destination-directory-specified/ 711817

https://superuser.com/questions/894145/robocopy-unable-to-distinguish-destinati on-from-source

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Re: robocopy problem... By: Shurato to All on Sun Jul 20 2025 02:31
pm

If I run a robocopy command from a batch file, it complains that

there is

no destination. If I run exactly the same command from the command

line,

it works! Whats up? I'd really like to mirror to onedrive...

I was just using robocopy at work recently. I haven't encountered this issue, but it looks like there are some things online. A couple links:

https://community.spiceworks.com/t/robocopy-no-destination-directory-specif ied/ 711817

https://superuser.com/questions/894145/robocopy-unable-to-distinguish-desti nati on-from-source

Thanks, it looks like the final \ is being escaped. I'll try that.

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