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Batch file /Exclude rule??

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HELP! I'm writing a batch file that's supposed to copy files off of networked servers to a backup server. My batch file looks like this: xcopy "f:\test tree\*.*" "c:\test dir" /v /e /y /EXCLUDE:"C:\Documents and Settings\dfelten\Desktop\excluderule.txt" pause (The pause is so that I can see any error messages) My exclude rule looks like this: "\Test subobject 3b" I've tried it with and without the quotes. The error message I get is this: 'Can't read file "C:\Documents and Settings\dfelten\Desktop\excluderule.txt"' I'm wondering if I have a syntax error....any help will be greatly appreciated!

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It looks like xcopy doesn't handle blanks in exclude list file name. If you put exclude list in file name like c:\temp\exclude it seems to work OK.

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