So, if you’ve ever tried to move or remove files or folders and been presented with the ‘Destination Path Too Long’ error, there are a couple of built-in options. It works more times than not, doesn’t it?Įveryone knows gremlins can’t survive across the discontinuation of the power source, right? Wink! Wink! Might as well incorporate Sci-Fi in this discussion as we system admins are already accused of speaking Klingon! After all, many users already describe a computer with strange issues as having gremlins, why not capitalize on that train of thought, eh? That’s why we in the tech industry always have users reboot as the first course of action. The technology world did not exist in 1949 as we know it today, so the term makes much more sense in our world in my opinion than it does psychology. It has also been used by programmers to explain when a program runs contrary to their expectations. It has evolved to also describe the supposed consciousness in a device that behaves as if it has a will that is independent of what the human operator wants the device to do. The Ghost in the Machine term was originally coined by Gilbert Ryle in 1949 to describe the human mind as existing independently of the human brain. That’s right, blame it on the ghost in the machine if you think you can get away with that.
You’ll be ready to organize a posse to track down the specter that made off with your data. If that is not your intention, make sure the option is not in your command path.
The MIR option will delete anything in the destination that does not exist in the source. If you are trying to copy some additional files or perform a backup to add new data to your existing backup, you could be in for a nasty surprise.
For instance, the MIR option will create a mirror of your source in your destination. Not quite Twilight Zone material, but do you want to see something really scary? While Robocopy is a valuable tool for us system admins for copying or transferring files and performing backups, we have to be careful about how we use the options.
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