Robocopy fails copy with multiple options

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Using robocopy trying to copy files from network drive to local workstation folder with some options, but getting the error 123, 1314. The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect and a required privilege is not held by the client.

robocopy "\\xfolder\xyz" "c:\test" /MT:8 /MIR /ZB /COPYALL /R:0 /W:0 /MON:1 /MOT:05

Is the options I am using is right, or is there any changes required to avoid these errors. Could someone help me. Thanks in advance.

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Try robocopy \\xfolder\xyz c:\test /MIR /ZB /COPYALL /R:0 /W:0 /MON:1 /MOT:5

Note the extra \ for the UNC path. Using " is not necessary when there is no space in the path. /MT:8 is also unecessary because 8 is the default value. For /MOT there is no need for a leading zero.

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Does this mean that it will run one time first and then keep running after it finishes and run again if a change happens somewhere down in the filestructure or when something have changed and a time has passed?

Yes. /MON counts number of files changed; /MOT counts time.

I've been afraid to ever try these options, since the docs say how to START these jobs, but not how to STOP them. They might become invisible, unstoppable scheduled tasks, for all I know.

This page indicates it runs until you interrupt the running job, e.g., with control-C.

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