Comments on: XCOPY command : Using the /EXCLUDE flag

By: kledi

kledi — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:11:38 +0000

Thank a lot

Its very clear

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:09:50 +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 12:05:19 +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.

By: shadee al-aqhash

shadee al-aqhash — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:28:56 +0000

i dont know how to do this

By: DizzyGoldfish

DizzyGoldfish — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:59:14 +0000

Too bad I tried excluding each file extension within the command before reading your post :-)

Thanks for the help!

By: Joe Webb

Joe Webb — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:14:26 +0000

Just guessing here but if you can't quote the file path, i.e., “My Documents”, then you should at least be able to use the 8dot3 equivalent. (MYDOCU~1).

By: 13eastie

13eastie — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:41:42 +0000

Okay, but how do you go about using a an exclude file whose absolute path contains spaces e.g. one that is located in the “My Documents” tree?

By: Mustafa

Mustafa — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:21:23 +0000

very nice, I didn't try it yet, but I'm sure in I will in future . .