azure - Folder size difference after folder copy operation from Windows Server to Windows 8.1 -


i have tried copying wwwroot directory windows server 2012 r2 data center on azure cloud windows 8.1 on remote desktop connection , filezilla, , copied folder size on windows 8.1 less source folder on server after copy operation completion.

the source folder size 683mb while copied folder 570mb. have found 1 close explanation on support.microsoft.com (support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2891362) explains might due long paths exceed maximum allowable path length.

i appreciate if have experience on such matter enlight me.

thank you

a typical cause of these symptoms have used ascii/text transfer mode, crlf line-endings got converted cr (one byte less each line).

but have provided way little information, can guess.


download directory tree (to folder) , compare against original source folder.

check if problem specific folder/file or if (or majority of) files got reduced proportionally.


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