Locating Files & Folders that Haven't Been Copied

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RajabhatChris

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Related to the issue of files not being copied because of files names being too long, I understand how to remedy the problem thanks to the advice provided here. My problem is how to locate which files and folders haven't been copied, especially problematic when copying vast amounts of data with folders that share common names. Is there a quicker way to locate missing files and folders than laboriously comparing two directories side by side?

Thank you for any light you can shed on this. Cheers
 
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Open two command windows and navigate tot he respective directories you wish to compare
in the first directory Type dir /b >c:\a.txt
in the 2nd directory type dir/b >c:\b.txt
when those are done you can enter the following in either window
fc a.txt b.txt > problems.txt

Afterwards you can open problems.txt in any word processor type program.

fc is the old file compare utility
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Open two command windows and navigate tot he respective directories you wish to compare
in the first directory Type dir /b >c:\a.txt
in the 2nd directory type dir/b >c:\b.txt
when those are done you can enter the following in either window
fc a.txt b.txt > problems.txt

Afterwards you can open problems.txt in any word processor type program.

fc is the old file compare utility
 
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