tnx tore. disguise it or hide- hadn't occurred to me.
k

>My solution would be to store nomove.dbf in another directory.
>
>>Good thought Al. Logical approach and a lot shorter than the solution I was using. I was rather hoping for a 'copy x to y FOR' solution but that option doesn't seem to exist for complete files.
>>thanks
>>k
>>
>>
>>>In case anyone else has the same question, you could rename nomove.dbf to nomove.zzz, do the copy of all .dbfs, then rename it back to nomove.dbf.
>>>
>>>>Please ignore last line seeking alternate suggestions - I used an old solution posted to me on another issues using an array and scripting code
>>>>and which works fine in this case.
>>>>so ignore the line: 'If not any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.'
>>>>
>>>>with thanks
>>>>k
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I am copying a set of dbf files from one computer to another on a regular basis.
>>>>>I want ALL dbf files transferred but one: 'nomove.dbf'
>>>>>Is there a way to modify the command below to include all dbf files but the nomove.dbf
>>>>>If not any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>>tnx
>>>>>k
>>>>>

>>>>>Copy File c:\mydir\*.Dbf To \\computer2\dir2
>>>>>