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   JJ to Tom Del Rosso   
   Re: xcopy can't use exclude files with q   
   19 May 18 20:25:51   
   
   From: jj4public@vfemail.net   
      
   On Sat, 19 May 2018 07:33:59 -0400, Tom Del Rosso wrote:   
   >   
   > It takes LFN but just not spaces.   
      
   Oh, right. It does support LFN, but I think the one that it doesn't support   
   is the double-quote character. Because even if the file is SFN, it'll whine   
   if double-quote is used. e.g. /EXCLUDE:"LIST.TXT"   
      
   > They don't bother to fix any bugs do they?  FC still has a 27 year old   
   > bug that makes it report a file isn't found if its attributes are set.   
   > The "Find-First" and "Find-Next" calls have the option of matching   
   > attributes if a bit is set in a register.  They don't bother to change   
   > 1-bit in the object code.   
      
   Which file attribute is that?   
      
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