it’s silent: ROBOCOPY [target] /njh /njs /ndl /nc /ns /np /nfl And there is the FIND way where I marked the relevant options with an asterisk (*): C:\Users\jeroenp>robocopy /? | find /i "No" /S :: copy Subdirectories, but not empty ones. /NOCOPY :: COPY NO file info (useful with /PURGE). /PURGE