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Number   :  4223
Date     :  2003-04-06
Author   :  J. Merrill
Subject  :  Re: /CLONE question
Size(KB) :  1


If the list of exclusions is in file c:\excludes.txt you would use something like

xxcopy \src\ \dst\ /clone /exc:\excludes.txt

If you're having trouble, showing us what you tried would make it possible for us to explain what the problem is.

One possible error you might be making inside your exclude file is that you might not be placing specs that include spaces inside doublequotes. For example, this line:

"c:\documents and settings\fred\local settings\temp\*\"

would not work as you wanted without the double-quotes. Why? Because the specs in the exclude file can be separated by spaces -- you could have two specs on one line:

c:\windows\temp\*\ c:\temp\*\

though I confess that I don't understand why anyone would prefer to do that instead of putting them on separate lines, so I don't know why XXCOPY allows it.

Good luck...

At 07:44 AM 4/5/2003 -0500, rotaiv@b... wrote
>I have not been able to figure out the correct syntax for skipping 
>certain files, concurrently with using the /CLONE qualifier. I have 
>tried weeding out individual files and listing the excluded files in a 
>text file. I keep getting a "file not found" error or "file 
>specification error", respectively. Can someone show me the correct 
>syntax? 
>
>Richard Kahn, NV1Z
>Subaru High Mileage Club
>http://www.subaruhighmileageclub.com
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J. Merrill / Analytical Software Corp



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