"Dave F." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I'm looking for a file search utility that can be told not to search
> specified folders.
> For example to search all of my c: drive except c:\mymusic.
>
> Could anyone recommend such a utility?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Dave F.
It depends a lot on what you mean by "searching". Do you expect
the utility to give you a list of files that are found in all but the
excluded folder(s)? If so then this command, when executed from a
command prompt, might fit the bill:
xcopy /L /s /exclude:c:\ex.txt "c:\documents and settings\df" c:\
Place this line into c:\ex.txt: c:\mymusic
In spite of its name (xcopy), the command will NOT copy any files
when used with the above switches.
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