Setup:

• Several measurement devices are wired to a local computer.
• A python application runs on this computer to relay commands to the measurement devices.
• Measurement devices produce and store measurement files on a folder on the local computer.
• The python application opens robocopy in monitor mode to transfer these files:

robocopy D:\source \\destination\a\b\c /MOV /NFL /NDL /NJH /NJS /MON:1

D:\source and \\destination are constants. a\b\c is a folder structure read from information inside measurement files.

The problem:

• When robocopy first starts the a\b\c structure is created if it doesn't exist, which is fine.

• After some days, a user moves a\b\c from the network folder somewhere else for procesing (measurement files will not be produced during this time).

• Now that a\b\c is missing from the network folder robocopy will output the following message:

  ERROR 3 (0x00000003) Copying file D:\source\<filename>
  The system cannot find the path specified.

I have looked through the command line options for robocopy without finding anything regarding this.

Have I missed the option in the robocopy Microsoft Docs page? Do I have to manually check if the folder exists and have the python application create it?

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