Project Properties: File Filter List
Project Properties > File Filter List > File Filter Properties
Tip:
Open the Quick Start help page to view the very basic steps you need to follow to start using SmartBackup.

Use File Filter to include or exclude certain files from your backup. SmartBackup provides practically all possible variants of file filtering based on filename, folder in which the file is residing, date and time of file modification, file attributes, file size and so on...


Use the Add..., Modify..., Delete... buttons at the bottom of the Filter List to edit list content.

To copy all files from the source folder, leave the default filter setting "Include files matching the wildcard (*.*)".

SmartBackup searches for all files in the source folder. Only those files that match the Include criteria are copied, unless they are excluded by the exclude criteria.

If there are no exclude criteria, all files meeting the include criteria are copied. If there are no include criteria, no files are copied.

Note Note:
SmartBackup searches for files and folder only below the source and destination folders for that project.

 

Two Ways to Filter Files

       One way: you separately add file extensions that you are going to include in your backup:

+ Include files matching the wildcard: '*.doc'.
+ Include files matching the wildcard: '*.xls'.
+ Include files matching the wildcard: '*.txt'.

       The other way: you add all files (*.*) and then exclude files that are not needed in the backup:

- Exclude files matching the wildcard: '*.~???'.
- Exclude files matching the wildcard: '*.swp'.

- Exclude files matching the wildcard: '*.tmp'.

- Exclude files matching the wildcard: '*.bak'.

+ Include files matching the wildcard: '*.*'.


Filter Item Priority

The buttons on the right are for defining file filter item priority. The top element has the highest priority. For example, the following filter:
   - Exclude files matching the wildcard: '*.*'.
   + Include files matching the wildcard: '*.*'.

will exclude ALL files from the backup, because "Exclude..." is above "Include...".



Testing Current Filter Settings
Click on Test Current Filters button to view the list of actual file names that will be included in your backup.

You must specify Source and Destination folders in your project properties to test your files filter settings. When you press Test Current Filters, SmartBackup imitates real backup behaviour and therefore needs to "know" real Source and Destination values.

 

See also:
      Project Properties
      Quick Start


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