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Number   :  5690
Date     :  2003-09-30
Author   :  nv1z@a...
Subject  :  Re: CLONE - Exclude List
Size(KB) :  2


In a message dated 9/29/2003 9:51:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
garrydeane@y... writes:

> --- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "John H. Boyd"  wrote:
> >I am trying the CLONE option to backup my hard disk to an
> >external disk. I am using the /EX parameter to reference a
> >list of files to be excluded. So far, I have the following:
> >
> >c:\hyberfile.sys
> >c:\pagefile.sys
> >"c:\system volume\*"
> >
> >
> >I also want to exclude the 4 or 5 different subdirectories
> >of Temporary Internet Files, under Document and Settings.
> >Can I do this with something like the following:
> >
> >"C:\Documents and Settings\*\Local Settings\temp*\*"
> 
> I don't think so. There is a restriction on using multiple
> wild cards with intervening directory names. Kan had said
> that this will probably be changed but I don't think it
> has been as yet. You will get an error message stating
> "The wildcard allowed only in the last part of the path".
> 
> In the case of "Temporary Internet Files", you can simply
> create an exclusion which omits the "hard coded" root part
> of the path. The following will work:
> 
> "*\Temporary Internet Files\"
> or
> *\Temporary*\
> 
> Also note that the path spec ends in \ NOT \*. This is an
> important distinction.
> 
> \ is shorthand for \*\* and specifies all files in the
> directory AND all subdirectories. 
> 
> \* specifies the files within the directory only. This would
> exclude the files in the directory but NOT exclude files in
> subdirectories of the directory.
> 
> Garry

That is exactly what I am doing. Using /CLONE and /EXC with an exclude list. 
Here is my exclude file:

c:\*\*.SWP
c:\*\*.TMP
c:\*\SCANDISK.LOG
c:\*\NPROTECT.LOG
c:\*\default*.*
c:\*\0000????.*
"c:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\*\*.*"
c:\WINDOWS\Cookies\*\*.*
c:\WINDOWS\History\*\*.*
c:\WINDOWS\System\*\*.*
c:\WINDOWS\PCHEALTH\*\*.*
"c:\WINDOWS\Internet Logs\*\*.*"
c:\*\*.lnk
c:\*\*.shd
c:\*\*.cab
c:\recycled\*\*.*
c:\Windows\recent\*\*.*
"c:\Program Files\*\*.*"
c:\Scratch\*\*.*
g:\Scratch\*\*.*
c:\_RESTORE\*\*.*

The first two lines exclude all the .SWP and .TMP files in all directories 
and sub-directories. The excludes that go something like c:\DIR\SUBDIR\*\*.* 
exclude everything from /DIR/SUBDIR on down, and so on. I invoke using

C:\> XXCOPY C:\ G:\ /CLONE/EXC:\BEX.TXT

from the TOP level directory.

Hope that helps.

Richard Kahn, NV1Z


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