On Friday, 12 June 2020 20:54:35 UTC+1, Kenny McCormack  wrote:   
      
   > Don't know if there is an option that does exactly what OP wants.   
      
   As the OP's article was dated 27/07/2001, he may have lost interest or found a   
   solution by now.   
      
   But ISTM that something based on   
           DIR /B /S DEST\*.* >         F.TXT   
           XCOPY *.* DEST\     /EXCLUDE:F.TXT   
   may do something like what the OP seemed to want.   
      
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