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| | | Richard |  |
|  Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:49 am Post subject: xcopy exclude switch |  |
Hi
I can't seem to get the exclude switch to work in the xcopy command. I would
like to exclude 'folder1' in the batch folder. I have tried:
xcopy C:\Batch D:\Batch /D /C /E /H /Y /EXCLUDE:C:\Batch\Folder1
xcop "C:\Batch" "D:\Batch" /D /C /E /H /Y /EXCLUDE:C:\Batch\Folder1
Help appreciated.
Many thanks in advance
RIchard |
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| | | Richard | |
| | Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:26 am Post subject: Re: xcopy exclude switch | |
Managed to overcome the issue.
Thanks anyway
"Richard" <richardbee@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Hi
I can't seem to get the exclude switch to work in the xcopy command. I
would
like to exclude 'folder1' in the batch folder. I have tried:
xcopy C:\Batch D:\Batch /D /C /E /H /Y /EXCLUDE:C:\Batch\Folder1
xcop "C:\Batch" "D:\Batch" /D /C /E /H /Y /EXCLUDE:C:\Batch\Folder1
Help appreciated.
Many thanks in advance
RIchard
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| | | Larry Timms | |
| | Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:53 am Post subject: Re: xcopy exclude switch | |
Richard wrote:
| Quote: | Managed to overcome the issue.
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Mind telling us? :-)
Larry @ hasn't worked with DOS for a while... |
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| | | Pegasus (MVP) | |
| | Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:20 am Post subject: Re: xcopy exclude switch | |
"Larry Timms" <roadrunner9119@yahoo.junktrap.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Richard wrote:
Managed to overcome the issue.
Mind telling us? :-)
Larry @ hasn't worked with DOS for a while...
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He realised that the command
xcopy C:\Batch D:\Batch /D /C /E /H /Y /EXCLUDE:C:\Batch\Folder1
should read
xcopy C:\Batch D:\Batch /D /C /E /H /Y /EXCLUDE:C:\Batch\Exclude.txt
His initial thought was that the parameter following the /Exclude
says which files/folders should be excluded. Hen then realised
that this parameter must be the name of the text file that enumerates
the exclusions. Unfortunately he has yet to realise that answers to
posts are of value to other people too. |
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