The Robocopy documentation for the option/itis simply “Includes ‘tweaked’ files”. What does “tweaked” mean?The Robocopy documentation for the option
/xlis simply “Excludes ‘lonely’ files and directories”. What does “lonely” mean?“Tweaked”:
A Tweaked file is defined to be one that exists in both the source and destination, with identical size and timestamp, but different attribute settings.
“Lonely”:
A “lonely” file is present in source but not destination; excluding lonely will prevent any new files being added to the destination.
“Extra” (the other one that isn’t explained well):
An “extra” file is present in destination but not source; excluding extras will prevent any deletions from the destination.
Source: What does Robocopy mean by tweaked, lonely, and extra? – Super User