disk search utility that can exempt specified folders?

[Guest Dave F.]

Hi

 

I'm looking for a file search utility that can be told not to search specified folders.

For example to search all of my c: drive except c:\mymusic.

 

Could anyone recommend such a utility?

 

Thanks in advance

Dave F.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: disk search utility that can exempt specified folders?

 

 

"Dave F." <df@maaf.cu.uk> wrote in message

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> Hi

>

> I'm looking for a file search utility that can be told not to search

> specified folders.

> For example to search all of my c: drive except c:\mymusic.

>

> Could anyone recommend such a utility?

>

> Thanks in advance

> Dave F.

 

It depends a lot on what you mean by "searching". Do you expect

the utility to give you a list of files that are found in all but the

excluded folder(s)? If so then this command, when executed from a

command prompt, might fit the bill:

 

xcopy /L /s /exclude:c:\ex.txt "c:\documents and settings\df" c:\

 

Place this line into c:\ex.txt: c:\mymusic

In spite of its name (xcopy), the command will NOT copy any files

when used with the above switches.

[Guest Bill in Co.]

Re: disk search utility that can exempt specified folders?

 

FileLocator Pro, big brother to Agent Ransack.

 

Dave F. wrote:

> Hi

>

> I'm looking for a file search utility that can be told not to search

> specified folders. For example to search all of my c: drive except

> c:\mymusic.

>

> Could anyone recommend such a utility?

>

> Thanks in advance

> Dave F.