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Robocopy fails when Options property contains more than one option
I have this in my project file:
<RoboCopy
SourceFolder="C:\Source"
DestinationFolder="C:\Destination"
SourceFiles="*.*"
Options="/R:5 /W:5" />
When building it generates the following command and response:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\robocopy.exe C:\Source\ C:\Destination\ "*.*" /NP "/R:5 /W:5"
...
ROBOCOPY : error : Invalid Parameter #5 : "/R:5 /W:5"
On the other hand, if I change it to this:
<RoboCopy
SourceFolder="C:\Source"
DestinationFolder="C:\Destination"
SourceFiles="*.*"
Options="/R:5" />
Then during build it yields no errors. The command output is:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\robocopy.exe C:\Source\ C:\Destination\ "*.*" /NP /R:5
It seems that the expanded options are quoted when the Options property contains whitespace. Quoting makes sense for file arguments, but the Options property may hold multiple options and should not have been quoted, IMHO.