Comments on: XCOPY command : Using the /EXCLUDE flag

By: Yamin Rumon

Yamin Rumon — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:55:03 +0000

Thank you. Its working…………..

By: Auldy66

Auldy66 — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:48:00 +0000

good tip, cheers bruv :)

By: upthereinthesky

upthereinthesky — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:15:00 +0000

Wow. Thank you very much. This page is the most informative I have found on the web! I was lost without your help. Thanks again!

By: Archarios

Archarios — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 06:19:00 +0000

xcopy source dest /exclude:list.txt

contents of ‘list.txt’:
X –for an exact directory match
X –if directory begins with ‘X’
X –if ends with ‘X’
X –for anything (file/directory) containing ‘X’

I’m still unsure as to wildcards tho

By: Duhgorski

Duhgorski — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 20:44:00 +0000

best explaint on the web

By: fantomaster

fantomaster — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:10:00 +0000

Never having had to use /Exclude, I found the documentation at MS and elsewhere pretty confusing because no mention was made explicitly of having to define the list in a separate file. This article was very helpful in setting it right – thanks a lot!

By: Named

Named — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:39:00 +0000

I finally know how to use /exclude, thanks a lot!

By: kledi

kledi — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:11:00 +0000

Thank a lot

Its very clear

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:09:00 +0000

You need to convert the path to short (i.e. DOS 8.3) format. then it will work OK.

e.g. “My Documents” becomes MYDOCU~1

By: JohnG

JohnG — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:05:00 +0000

Any clue how to exclude a folder from being copied? Say for instance I have folder “X” on my desktop, but don’t want it or its contents copied when I run my batch backup that copies everything else on my desktop. Can’t seem to find anything regarding this.