Replicate files and folders to external drive with copy command

[falcios]

I have a batch file that copies any new, updated files to an external drive.

In one source folder, I moved quite a few files around. These files will copy but then there will be a copy in the original destination location.

Is there a way that DOS when copying to the destination folder, delete files it did not find in the source?

Thanks in advance.

[Squashman]

Would be really helpful if you showed us the code you are using. I am going to assume you are not using ROBOCOPY because I believe it has the functionality you are looking for.

[falcios]

Example of my current batch file

xcopy "c:\users\test\test" "e:\test" /s /e /d /y /v

Is there a switch or another DOS command, so that the files that are new, modified gets copied. File not on source but in the destination folder gets deleted from the destination folder?

[Squashman]

Is there a switch or another DOS command, so that the files that are new, modified gets copied. File not on source but in the destination folder gets deleted from the destination folder?

I am going to assume you are not using ROBOCOPY because I believe it has the functionality you are looking for.

Robocopy Help

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/MIR :: MIRror a directory tree (equivalent to /E plus /PURGE).
/E :: copy subdirectories, including Empty ones.
/PURGE :: delete dest files/dirs that no longer exist in source.

[falcios]

Thanks so much. It is exactly what I am looking for and it works great.