Anyone know of a way to use Xcopy or any other way which will exclude files with a specified extension from being copied? I want to copy web files and all...
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Chris Laarman
chrislaarman
Jul 10, 2010 2:17 pm
Mike Breiding - Morgantown WV <mike@...> on Sat, 10 Jul ... XCOPY /EXCLUDE:.jpg (That is how I interpret XCOPY /? from my Windows Vista...
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Axel Berger
absalom_nemini
Jul 10, 2010 2:24 pm
... True, but Totalcommander also makes it very easy to both in one step. As I often do my copying through a WLAN connection the difference in speed can matter...
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Dave
david_99_au
Jul 10, 2010 2:54 pm
Hi try XCOPY /Q /Y /D /S /E /T EXCLUDE:.JPG THANKYOU DAVE M ... From: "Mike Breiding - Morgantown WV" <mike@...> To: "NTB Off-topic"...
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Axel Berger
absalom_nemini
Jul 10, 2010 2:56 pm
... I don't see a way with standard DOS. 4DOS, which is now free and a direct replacement of command.com, can do it as can Totalcommander. Axel...
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Axel Berger
absalom_nemini
Jul 10, 2010 3:46 pm
... It seems you're right, Windows 2000, eXPerimental and up seem to be able to do this natively, though it's more complicated than you suggest. The excludes...
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Mike Breiding - Morga...
wv.mike
Jul 10, 2010 3:49 pm
... I tried this but my syntax must be wrong. C:\wamp\www\current\mich-ont>xcopy c:\wamp\www\current\mich-ont c:\mich /Q/Y/D/S/E/T EXCLUDE:.JPG Invalid number...
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Mike Breiding - Morga...
wv.mike
Jul 10, 2010 4:14 pm
I just tried wild cards a well. No luck. ==== C:\wamp\www\current\mich-ont>xcopy c:\wamp\www\current\mich-ont\*.* c:\mich /Q/Y/D/S/E/T EXCLUDE:.JPG Invalid...
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hsavage
hrs62930
Jul 10, 2010 4:27 pm
... c:\mich ... Mike, These are all the choices and the help below shows a space delimiter separating parameters also, a forward slash before /EXCLUDE... ... ...
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bruce.somers@...
bruce.somers
Jul 10, 2010 4:27 pm
<did you really have no slash before EXCLUDE ?...
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Mike Breiding - Morga...
wv.mike
Jul 10, 2010 4:57 pm
... OK. Here are 3 more attempts: Added space to switches and forward slash to EXCLUDE ... C:\wamp\www\current\mich-ont>xcopy c:\wamp\www\current\mich-ont\*.* ...
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hsavage
hrs62930
Jul 10, 2010 5:49 pm
... Mike, Are you doing this thru NoteTab or from a 'Dos window'? I assume this is your dos prompt; C:\wamp\www\current\mich-ont> the source folder is;...
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Alex Plantema
aplantema
Jul 10, 2010 6:13 pm
... This is the clearest message: xcopy searched for a file named .jpg. /exclude: should be followed by a file name, without a space after the colon. The file...
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bruce.somers@...
bruce.somers
Jul 10, 2010 7:34 pm
Don't you thnk you need /EXCLUDE:*.jpg ? *.jpg This is becoming silly....
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Dave
david_99_au
Jul 11, 2010 12:44 pm
Hi This should work ,change path to suit XCOPY "F:\Fuji\*.*" J:\ROM /I /Q /Y /D /S /E /EXCLUDE:JPG.TXT make a txt file and put the "path to .jpg" in it and...
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Mike Breiding - Morga...
wv.mike
Jul 11, 2010 1:20 pm
... Yes, that is correct. ... I changed the DOS window to the root and tried again. ... C:\>xcopy c:\wamp\www\current\mich-ont c:\mich /Q /Y /D /S /T...
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Mike Breiding - Morga...
wv.mike
Jul 11, 2010 1:26 pm
... Hi Alex, The files *are* there. 100s of *.jpg in many subdirs. I don't know why the error is generating. Below is the DIR /s output for one of the subdirs....
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Mike Breiding - Morga...
wv.mike
Jul 11, 2010 1:27 pm
... Yes. That is why I used it. -Mike...
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Alex Plantema
aplantema
Jul 11, 2010 4:27 pm
... That's not what I meant. a non-ambiguous filename is expected after /exclude: This file should be present and contain (parts of) file names to be excluded...
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Mike Breiding - Morga...
wv.mike
Jul 11, 2010 5:43 pm
... We are getting close! I followed your instruction and it worked - sort of. I used: C:\wamp\www\current\mich-ont>xcopy c:\wamp\www\current\mich-ont\*.* ...
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Alex Plantema
aplantema
Jul 11, 2010 6:21 pm
... You should omit /T Alex....
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Mike Breiding - Morga...
wv.mike
Jul 11, 2010 7:27 pm
... That did it! I missed this: /T Creates directory structure, but does not copy files. Does not include empty directories or subdirectories. Thanks to all. ...
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Ray Shapp
rayshapp
Jul 12, 2010 8:26 am
Hi Mike, I would use the free "Everything" utility from http://www.voidtools.com/ Use the main window to select your source folder(s) and the Tools > Options ...
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Mike Breiding - Morga...
wv.mike
Jul 12, 2010 10:22 am
... Thanks, Ray. I will check it out. -Mike...
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Edward
horsefly_38866
Jul 13, 2010 2:03 pm
I have NoteTab Pro 4.95/np (Full Version) and once on an older computer I replace notepad with NoteTab. Now that I have XP and Vista I wonder if that is still...
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Axel Berger
absalom_nemini
Jul 13, 2010 4:56 pm
... I prefer direct editing of the registry for tasks like these. JV16 <http://www.macecraft.com/> is a great help here, offering search and replace in the...
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loro
yastupidhoo
Jul 19, 2010 12:45 pm
Hi, Looking for a simple program to create nice-looking graphs/diagrams. Curves, staples, pie charts... Free or cheap preferred. Doesn't need to do...
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Adrien Verlee
verlee2001
Jul 19, 2010 1:10 pm
... Maybe: http://pencil.evolus.vn/en-US/Home.aspx But here a warning: https://addons.mozilla.org/nl/firefox/addon/8487/ -- Adrien...
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Dave
david_99_au
Jul 19, 2010 1:12 pm
Hi Lotta have you tried Microsoft Smartdraw ?? THANKYOU DAVE M ... From: "loro" <tabbie@...> To: <ntb-OffTopic@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, July 19,...
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Axel Berger
absalom_nemini
Jul 19, 2010 1:19 pm
... Very wise (although for simple things 123 often is the path of least resistance for me). How about Gnuplot? Not learnt in five minutes but the book by...
