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From: toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: is there an archive pgm with an -except flag?
Keywords: arc
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Date: 7 Apr 90 22:18:37 GMT
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Reply-To: toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy)
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In article <1649@wjvax.UUCP> mario@wjvax.UUCP (Mario Dona) writes:

>The other day I needed to archive a large directory, but didn't want to
>include certain files.  Which got me to thinking... is there an archive
>program that takes an "except" argument?  

>In my application, it would be used in a batch file; for example,

>	archivecmd -add -except (*.mdx *.dbo) stuff.arc *.*

One generic solution to the problem is to use the 4DOS command.com replacement.
It has an EXCEPT built-in command:

EXCEPT (*.mdx *.dbo) archivecmd -add stuff.arc *.*

will work for any "archivecmd" (or any other command, for that matter).

Tom Almy
toma@tekgvs.labs.tek.com
Standard Disclaimers Apply

(A very happy 4DOS user)