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From: tgoldin@amherst.bitnet
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: is there an archive pgm with an -except flag?
Message-ID: <9384.261f4b41@amherst.bitnet>
Date: 8 Apr 90 18:31:00 GMT
References: <1649@wjvax.UUCP> <7269@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
Followup-To: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
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In article <7269@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>, toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) writes:
> 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?  
> > 
> 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 *.*
> 
You can do the same thing with the PC Magazine utility "no.com;"  "no" is used
to exclude a file or files from a command.  This would avoid the need for
changing operating systems.