Windows Batch to Copy Files in an Excluded Set

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I would like to write a batch script (CMD) to copy files from c:\temp of one Windows machine to a shared folder let's say pshared in another machine. However, the script should copy files with names not starting with B,DE and F. How can I achieve this?

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GurcanKAsked:
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oBdACommented:
robocopy should do the trick (part of the OS since Vista/W2k8):
robocopy.exe "C:\Temp" "\\SomeServer\SomeShare" *.* /xf b* d* e* f* /r:0

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GurcanKAuthor Commented:
Anything other than robocopy such as copy or xcopy?
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oBdACommented:
Not without additional scripting; and robocopy is far better anyway. In Vista, the xcopy help even provided a warning that it's deprecated and robocopy should be used instead.
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Robberbaron (robr)Commented:
not sure that pure batch can handle this other than copy all, then delete B*,D*,E*,F*.  
this works but is not very efficient 
set typ=*.frm
set src=c:\ee
set dest=c:\ee\done
xcopy /C %Src%\%typ% %dest%
del /q %dest%\B*.*
del /q %dest%\E*.*
del /q %dest%\F*.*
del /q %dest%\G*.*

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is vbscript ok ?? 
set typ=*.*
set src=c:\temp
set dest=\\zeus\phared
xcopy /C %Src%\%typ% %dest%
del /q %dest%\B*.*
del /q %dest%\E*.*
del /q %dest%\F*.*
del /q %dest%\G*.*

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