Xcopy command with exclude flag still brings excluded file

Question

I want to copy all files/folders except a.txt file. The command that I use is like below: Xcopy C:\Data C:\NewData /q/s/d/i/h/y/EXCLUDE:C:\Data\a.txt

This command brings everything including the a.txt event though there is exclude flag for it. I am not sure what I am missing. Thank you for your help in advance.

Answer 1

The exclude option uses the file provided as a text file that contains the names of files or directories you wish to exclude one per line. So you need something like this:

echo a.txt > mylist
xcopy ... /exclude:mylist