.. bb:step:: Robocopy .. _Step-Robocopy: Robocopy ++++++++ .. py:class:: buildbot.steps.mswin.Robocopy This step runs ``robocopy`` on Windows. `Robocopy `_ is available in versions of Windows starting with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. For previous versions of Windows, it's available as part of the `Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools `_. .. code-block:: python from buildbot.plugins import steps, util f.addStep( steps.Robocopy( name='deploy_binaries', description='Deploying binaries...', descriptionDone='Deployed binaries.', source=util.Interpolate('Build\\Bin\\%(prop:configuration)s'), destination=util.Interpolate('%(prop:deploy_dir)\\Bin\\%(prop:configuration)s'), mirror=True ) ) Available constructor arguments are: ``source`` The path to the source directory (mandatory). ``destination`` The path to the destination directory (mandatory). ``files`` An array of file names or patterns to copy. ``recursive`` Copy files and directories recursively (``/E`` parameter). ``mirror`` Mirror the source directory in the destination directory, including removing files that don't exist anymore (``/MIR`` parameter). ``move`` Delete the source directory after the copy is complete (``/MOVE`` parameter). ``exclude_files`` An array of file names or patterns to exclude from the copy (``/XF`` parameter). ``exclude_dirs`` An array of directory names or patterns to exclude from the copy (``/XD`` parameter). ``custom_opts`` An array of custom parameters to pass directly to the ``robocopy`` command. ``verbose`` Whether to output verbose information (``/V /TS /FP`` parameters). Note that parameters ``/TEE /NP`` will always be appended to the command to signify, respectively, to output logging to the console, use Unicode logging, and not print any percentage progress information for each file.