bitsadmin-create.md

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bitsadmin create	Reference article for the bitsadmin create command, which creates a transfer job with the given display name.	reference	9a8c53af-900b-4c24-9265-5b8b08213fac	mosagie	robinharwood	mtillman	10/16/2017

bitsadmin create

Creates a transfer job with the given display name.

Note

The /Upload and /Upload-Reply parameter types aren't supported by BITS 1.2 and earlier.

Syntax

bitsadmin /create [type] displayname 

Parameters

Parameter	Description
type	There are three types of jobs: /Download. Transfers data from a server to a local file. /Upload. Transfers data from a local file to a server. /Upload-Reply. Transfers data from a local file to a server and receives a reply file from the server. This parameter defaults to /Download if it's not specified.
displayname	The display name assigned to the newly created job.

Examples

To create a download job named myDownloadJob:

bitsadmin /create myDownloadJob 

Related links

• Command-Line Syntax Key

• bitsadmin resume command

• bitsadmin command