How to? exclude a subdirectory when copying

samintz · 2012-06-25

How do I structure a file exclusion to exclude a subdirectory when copying a group of subdirectories.
For example:

Code:

Top
├── S1
├── S2
├── S3
└── S4

This will copy the whole tree:

Code:

copy /s Top\ NewTop\

But if I want to exclude S2, how would I do it?
This doesn't work:

Code:

copy /s /[!Top\S2\*] Top\ NewTop\

-Scott

drwtsn32 · 2012-06-25

What about:

Code:

copy /s /[!S2] Top\ NewTop\

samintz · 2012-06-25

Cool! That works! Thanks.

Welcome!