IIRC the syntax is source; destination; switches. Put all the switches at the end of the command line.
-----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 6:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: ROBOCOPY /XD (exclude directory) wildcards On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 5:42 PM, lists <li...@bdtechnology.org> wrote: > Is "D" shared? Robocopy has issues with non shared folders. Otherwise > name it explicitly; "d:\d" The source "D:\" is just a partition on the local hard disk drive. The target "D" is a folder in a network share on another computer. But really, it doesn't appear to be command line dependent. For example, set up a directory tree like this: CD /D C:\ MKDIR BenTest\src BenTest\dst CD BenTest\src MKDIR foo\i386 foo\other bar\i386 bar\other baz\i386 baz\other Now this will copy everything: ROBOCOPY C:\BenTest\src C:\BenTest\dst /E The below will copy everything, except for the "i386" directories under "foo" and "bar". "baz" will still be copied, as will the "other" directories. ROBOCOPY C:\BenTest\src C:\BenTest\dst /E /XD C:\BenTest\src\foo\i386 C:\BenTest\src\bar\i386 But this does not work: ROBOCOPY C:\BenTest\src C:\BenTest\dst /E /XD C:\BenTest\src\*\i386 Neither does this: ROBOCOPY C:\BenTest\src C:\BenTest\dst /E /XD C:\BenTest\src\*.*\i386 Both yield "Invalid Parameter #5". -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
