Windows 2000 xcopy exclude switch

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Richard

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
 
Managed to overcome the issue.

Thanks anyway

"Richard" <richardbee@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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
>
>
 
Richard wrote:
> Managed to overcome the issue.

Mind telling us? :-)

Larry @ hasn't worked with DOS for a while...
 
"Larry Timms" <roadrunner9119@yahoo.junktrap.com> wrote in message
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> Richard wrote:
>> Managed to overcome the issue.
>
> Mind telling us? :-)
>
> Larry @ hasn't worked with DOS for a while...

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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