RichCopy is a file copy utility program developed by Ken Tamaru of
Microsoft Corporation
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, discontinued in 2010. It is
multi-threaded
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, which permits it under some circumstances to copy files faster than some other copiers available for the
Windows
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operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common daemon (computing), services for computer programs.
Time-sharing operating systems scheduler (computing), schedule tasks for ef ...
. It provides a complete
graphical user interface
The GUI ( "UI" by itself is still usually pronounced . or ), graphical user interface, is a form of user interface that allows User (computing), users to Human–computer interaction, interact with electronic devices through graphical icon (comp ...
(GUI), whereas Microsoft's multi-threaded
Robocopy
Robocopy, for "Robust File Copy", is a command line interface, command-line directory and/or file replication command (computing), command for Microsoft Windows. Robocopy functionally replaces Xcopy, with more options. Created by Kevin Allen and ...
is a
command-line
A command-line interpreter or command-line processor uses a command-line interface (CLI) to receive command (computing), commands from a user in the form of lines of text. This provides a means of setting parameters for the environment, invokin ...
utility,
[https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.utilityspotlight.aspx Free Utility: RichCopy, an Advanced Alternative To Robocopy. Retrieved 2010-12-04] although there are GUI interfaces for it.
Features
* Can copy several files simultaneously ("multi-threaded"), which under certain network conditions, may reduce the time required for file transfers.
* Can be invoked either as a command-line utility or via a graphical user interface (GUI).
* If used with the GUI, can generate the command line to carry out the action specified for the GUI.
Criticisms
* Bugs not fixed before support was discontinued remain. RichCopy is best utilized by experienced users who know how to verify that copy operations have completed successfully without errors.
* RichCopy is not supported by Microsoft.
The program has not been updated since approximately June 2009, despite numerous users requesting bug fixes.
* Duplicates
Robocopy
Robocopy, for "Robust File Copy", is a command line interface, command-line directory and/or file replication command (computing), command for Microsoft Windows. Robocopy functionally replaces Xcopy, with more options. Created by Kevin Allen and ...
functionality.
Defects
RichCopy will not copy files that are opened with certain combinations of file sharing attributes. Any process may open files for exclusive read access by withholding the FILE_SHARE_READ Another company created non-free
GS RichCopy 360, which can copy open files and has been developed further.
See also
*
Robocopy
Robocopy, for "Robust File Copy", is a command line interface, command-line directory and/or file replication command (computing), command for Microsoft Windows. Robocopy functionally replaces Xcopy, with more options. Created by Kevin Allen and ...
*
copy (command)
Copy may refer to:
*Copying or the product of copying (including the plural "copies"); the duplication of information or an artifact
**Cut, copy and paste, a method of reproducing text or other data in computing
** File copying
**Photocopying, a p ...
*
XCOPY
In computing, XCOPY is a command used on IBM PC DOS, MS-DOS, IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows, FreeDOS, ReactOS, and related operating systems for copying multiple files or entire directory trees from one directory to another and for copying files a ...
*
Teracopy
*
rsync
rsync is a utility for efficiently transferring and synchronizing files between a computer and a storage drive and across networked computers by comparing the modification times and sizes of files. It is commonly found on Unix-like operatin ...
*
SyncToy
*
Ultracopier
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SuperCopier
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GS RichCopy 360
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List of file copying software
References
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External links
* Official sources
Microsoft TechNet Magazine -- Free Utility: RichCopy, an Advanced Alternative To Robocopy TechNet Blog of RichCopy developer Ken TamaruTechNet - Command-line Reference - ROBOCOPY* Other
TechNet Blog of Keith Combsdescribes advantages of using RichCopy and
WinRAR
WinRAR is a trialware file archiver utility for Windows, developed by Eugene Roshal of win.rar GmbH. It can create and view archives in RAR or ZIP file formats, and unpack numerous archive file formats. To enable the user to test the integrity of ...
to transfer multiple large files simultaneously.
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