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POBatch script to copy symbolic links as is but not overwrite source if already exist
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    copied!<p>I've tried Fastcopy and Robocopy and both seem to be able to do either one of those operation but not both.</p> <p>For files like (BEFORE COPYING)</p> <pre><code>D:\SYMLINKSOURCE\file1 &lt;&lt;symlink from D:\Source\file1 **edit D:\SYMLINKSOURCE\file2 &lt;&lt;symlink from D:\Source\file1 **edit D:\DESTINATIONxx\file2 &lt;&lt;not a symlink </code></pre> <p>I want to copy <code>D:\SYMLINKSOURCE\*</code> to <code>D:\DESTINATIONxx</code> but without overwriting <code>D:\DESTINATIONxx\file1</code> such that after copying it looks like</p> <pre><code>(AFTER COPYING) D:\SYMLINKSOURCE\file1 &lt;&lt;symlink from D:\Source\file1 D:\SYMLINKSOURCE\file2 &lt;&lt;symlink from D:\Source\file2 D:\DESTINATIONxx\file1 &lt;&lt;symlink from D:\Source\file1 D:\DESTINATIONxx\file2 &lt;&lt;not a symlink </code></pre> <p>I tried this to not overwrite but it doesn't preserve Symbolic links and instead copies resolved files <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4228807/copy-files-w-o-overwrite">Copy files without overwrite</a></p> <pre><code>robocopy "D:\SYMLINKSOURCE" "D:\DESTINATION" /E /XC /XN /XO (AFTER COPYING) D:\SYMLINKSOURCE\file1 &lt;&lt;symlink from D:\Source\file1 D:\SYMLINKSOURCE\file2 &lt;&lt;symlink from D:\Source\file2 D:\DESTINATIONxx\file1 &lt;&lt;not a symlink &lt; i wanted this as symlink D:\DESTINATIONxx\file2 &lt;&lt;not a symlink </code></pre> <p>and adding /SL to preserve symlinks overwrites everything.</p> <pre><code>robocopy "D:\SYMLINKSOURCE" "D:\DESTINATION" /E /XC /XN /XO /SL (AFTER COPYING) D:\SYMLINKSOURCE\file1 &lt;&lt;symlink from D:\Source\file1 D:\SYMLINKSOURCE\file2 &lt;&lt;symlink from D:\Source\file2 D:\DESTINATIONxx\file1 &lt;&lt;symlink from D:\Source\file1 D:\DESTINATIONxx\file2 &lt;&lt;symlink from D:\Source\file1 &lt; i did not want this overwritten </code></pre> <p>Is there any way I can achieve what I want?</p>
 

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