Xcopy Command excluding files and folders

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I want to copy files and folders in a directory to another folder excluding a list of files and folders Is that possible   I was just trying to copy excluding file      xcopy c  t1 c  t2  EXCLUDE exclusion txt   But it keeps saying read cant read file   exclusion txt  Can anyone help me on this   Thanks

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It is same as above answers  but is simple in steps   c  SRC folder1  c  SRC folder2  c  SRC folder3  c  SRC folder4  to copy all above folders to c  DST   except folder1 and folder2   Step1  create a file c  list txt with below content  one folder name per one line  folder1   folder2   Step2  Go to command pompt and run as below xcopy c  SRC     c  DST     EXCLUDE c  list txt

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Like Andrew said  exclude parameter of xcopy should be existing file that has list of excludes   Documentation of xcopy says      Using  exclude       List each string in a separate line in each file  If any of the listed   strings match any part of the absolute path of the file to be copied    that file is then excluded from the copying process  For example  if   you specify the string   Obj    you exclude all files underneath the   Obj directory  If you specify the string   obj   you exclude all files   with the  obj extension    Example   xcopy c  t1 c  t2  EXCLUDE list-of-excluded-files txt   and list-of-excluded-files txt should exist in current folder  otherwise pass full path   with listing of files folders to exclude - one file folder per line  In your case that would be   exclusion txt

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Just give full path to exclusion file  eg    -- no - - - - -xcopy c  t1 c  t2  EXCLUDE list-of-excluded-files txt  correct - - - xcopy c  t1 c  t2  EXCLUDE C  list-of-excluded-files txt  In this example the file would be located   C  list-of-excluded-files txt     or     correct - - - xcopy c  t1 c  t2  EXCLUDE C  mybatch list-of-excluded-files txt  In this example the file would be located   C  mybatch list-of-excluded-files txt    Full path fixes syntax error

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