Incrementally copying files over a network

Question

We use laptops in our company. We connect to the network from our respective workstations. We usually copy files from other systems which are connected to the network. The problem is that the person may disconnect (go to meetings, leave office etc) from the network at his wish, because of which the copying process gets terminated.

How can I handle this scenario? Is there a scenario where I can start the copying process from the point of termination?

PS: We use Windows XP

Answer 1

How are you copying the files? If you're using a simple XCOPY in a bat file, use the /d parameter to only copy newer files since the last copy. /y just auto-confirms overwriting of files.

xcopy /d /y "Z:\FromDirectory\"*.*  "F:\To Directory\To SubDir\"