This tab of the Copy Files action specifies additional options about the copy activity.

 

 

Do not copy: If checked, no files will be moved, copied, or synchronized, but any enabled logging will be displayed and a count of files that would have been copied, moved, or synchronized will be logged.  Useful for debugging purposes.

 

Log files and folders that are copied, moved, or purged: If checked, any files or folders that are processed will be logged.

 

Log files that are already up-to-date: If the incremental copy option is checked, and this option is checked, files that matched but were not copied because the destination file already matched will also be logged.

 

Skip files that already exist in destination: If checked, when a file already exists in the destination path, the source file will not be copied (regardless of its timestamp or size).

 

Ignore non-existent or blank Source folder: Allows an empty or non-existent folder to be entered in the Source Folder field.  Useful for deleting files (empty Source Folder entered) or it the step should succeed even if the Source folder does not exist.

 

Copy files in restartable mode: If checked, the file copy operation uses the restartable flag to allow Windows to continue a partial copy that is aborted.

 

Copy using short filenames: If checked, uses the short (8.3) file or folder name for each file that is copied.

 

Wait for share names to be defined: If checked, retries copying of a file if the destination folder references an network share that does not exist.  If unchecked, retries are only performed for network and sharing violation errors.

 

Continue processing remaining files on failure: If checked and an error occurs while processing, the action will continue processing the remaining files (but still fail the step when done).  If unchecked, the step will fail as soon as an error occurs.

 

Fail the step if no matching files found: If checked and no matching files are found to copy, the step will fail.  If unchecked, the step will succeed even if no matching files were found.

 

Fail the step if unable to purge files or folders: If checked and the purge option is also checked, if any purged files are folders cannot be deleted, the action will fail.

 

Number of retries on failed copies: Number of times to retry copying a file (required).  Can be 0 to disable retry.

 

Seconds to wait between retries: Time to wait between retries (required).