Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 22:22:25 -0800 (PST)
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To: myknees AT aol DOT com (Myknees), djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: Excluding files when using InfoZip (zip 2.0.1)
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At 12:07  1/25/1998 GMT, Myknees wrote:
>A while ago, I went through a small amount of heck to figure out how to exclude
>certain files from a zip file when using InfoZip.  Since then, I forgot!  Now I
>can't re-figure it out.
>
>I'm trying to exclude certain types of files, using InfoZip from a batch file
>like this:
>
>@echo off
>call zip c:\trash\test.zip c:\trash\sounds\* -x *.wav *.au
>
>But none of the variants have worked, and I can't find any clues in the docs. 
>Anyone know how to do this?
Quote the filespecs you wish to exclude. Otherwise, DJGPP's globbing
features expand the wildcards before zip sees them. i.e.:

# Zip everything except backups
zip archive.zip * -x "*.bak"

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net