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Batch File: XCOPY - Exclude Files
Hi there,
Using following command line, I need to exclude the following files and folders.
My problem here is that the files containing wild cards are not excluded.
COMMAND LINE:
--------------------------
XCOPY "!BasePath_Source!" "!BasePath_Dest!" /S /L /F /Y /D /EXCLUDE:Exclude.txt
Exclude.txt
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*.mp3
*.wma
*.wav
*.avi
*.mpg
~*.*
*.tmp
Thumbs.db
\temp\
\System Volume Information\
\RECYCLER\
\Virtual Machines Garage\
\Virtual Machines Microsoft\
\Virtual Machines VMWARE\
Thanks for your help,
Rene
Using following command line, I need to exclude the following files and folders.
My problem here is that the files containing wild cards are not excluded.
COMMAND LINE:
--------------------------
XCOPY "!BasePath_Source!" "!BasePath_Dest!" /S /L /F /Y /D /EXCLUDE:Exclude.txt
Exclude.txt
--------------------------
*.mp3
*.wma
*.wav
*.avi
*.mpg
~*.*
*.tmp
Thumbs.db
\temp\
\System Volume Information\
\RECYCLER\
\Virtual Machines Garage\
\Virtual Machines Microsoft\
\Virtual Machines VMWARE\
Thanks for your help,
Rene
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2 Solutions
/EXCLUDE uses exact string matching, not pattern matching. That is: No wildcards, please. Your list should hence contain
.mp3
.wma
.wav
.avi
.mpg
~
.tmp
Thumbs.db
\temp\
\System Volume Information\
\RECYCLER\
\Virtual Machines Garage\
\Virtual Machines Microsoft\
\Virtual Machines VMWARE\
But that is inprecise, in particular with the tilde - it will exclude names like a~b also.
.mp3
.wma
.wav
.avi
.mpg
~
.tmp
Thumbs.db
\temp\
\System Volume Information\
\RECYCLER\
\Virtual Machines Garage\
\Virtual Machines Microsoft\
\Virtual Machines VMWARE\
But that is inprecise, in particular with the tilde - it will exclude names like a~b also.
The only means to perform exactly what you want is to create the exclusion list for ~*.* dynamically:
@echo off
(for /F "tokens=*" %%F in ('dir /s/b /a:-d C:\~*.*') do @echo %%F) > exclude~.txt
XCOPY "!BasePath_Source!" "!BasePath_Dest!" /S /L /F /Y /D /EXCLUDE:Exclude.txt+exclu
del exclude~.txt
and leave the ~ out of exclude.txt.
@echo off
(for /F "tokens=*" %%F in ('dir /s/b /a:-d C:\~*.*') do @echo %%F) > exclude~.txt
XCOPY "!BasePath_Source!" "!BasePath_Dest!" /S /L /F /Y /D /EXCLUDE:Exclude.txt+exclu
del exclude~.txt
and leave the ~ out of exclude.txt.
Maybe you could add:
dir ~*.* /s /b > exclude.txt
Then append the rest of the file, and only after that will you run XCOPY.
dir ~*.* /s /b > exclude.txt
Then append the rest of the file, and only after that will you run XCOPY.
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Not sure how to exclude the ~*.* though. If I remember correctly, the ".mp3", etc, are what's matched. There is already assumed to be a "*.mp3*" on all of them. Would wait for other expert opinions though (as I said, long time :)