XCOPY EXCLUDE command

[Richard Beilby]

The EXCLUDE command of XCOPY does not work properly. For instance, if
one tries the following:-
XCOPY C:\*.BAT C:\TEMP\TEST /EXCLUDE:AUTOEXEC.BAT all the BAT files are
copied including AUTOEXEC.BAT!

XCOPY C:\TEMP\*.* C:\TEST\ /S/EXCLUDE:C:\TEMP\TEST\ the error message
Can't open file: C:\TEMP\TEST\ given. Any variation on the above EXCLUDE
format gives the same error message.

Anybody got an idea on what could be wrong please.

 

[Steve Duff [MVP]]

I haven't used it in a long time, but I believe the /EXCLUDE switch names a >text file<
you create that contains one or more lines. If any part of the filename being copied matches
one of the lines in this file it is ignored and not copied.

Steve Duff, MCSE, MVP
Ergodic Systems, Inc.

 

[Richard Beilby]

Thank you, Steve. I misread the instructions. Very similar to the PKZIP
command then.