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Topic: Filter options

BackUp Maker provides a number of filtering options which allow you to exclude files or folders from a backup. This topic describes the filter options and the rules that govern them.


Option: Back up all files/directories

By default, BackUp Maker includes all the files and folders you have selected in its backup operation. Select the Back up all files/directories option if you do not wish to apply any filters.

Option: Include matching files/directories only

If you wish to include only certain files and/or folders in your backup, select the Include matching files/directories only option. BackUp Maker will then only include the files and folders matching the filter criteria that you specify. Please observe the filter rules described further down in this topic.

Option: Exclude matching files/directories

If you wish to exclude only certain files and/or folders in your backup, select the Exclude matching files/directories option. This prevents all files and folders matching the filter criteria from being backed up. Please observe the filter rules described further down in this topic.


Input box: Filters

Unless you have selected the Back up all files/directories option, you must specify one or more filters for the Include matching files/directories only or the Exclude files/directories options. Enter one or more filters into the Filter input box. For the syntax, please read the instructions under "Filtering rules" below.


Note: Filtering rules

Filter: *

The "*" filter selects all files and folders contained in the selected directory. The following example selects all files and subfolders contained in the "folder" directory.

Example: \folder\*

Filter: *.*

The "*.*" filter selects all files in the selected directory. The following example selects all files contained in the "folder" directory.

Example: \folder\*.*

Filter: *.ext

The"*.ext" filter selects all files with file format ".ext". The following example selects all files with file format ".ext" contained in the "folder" directory.

Example: \folder\*.ext

Filter: file.*

The "file.*" filter selects all files named "file". The following example selects all files with file name "file" contained in the "folder" directory.

Example: \folder\file.*

Filter: file.ext

The "file.ext" filter selects all files named "file" with file format ".ext". The following example selects the file "file.ext" contained in the "folder" directory.

Example: \folder\file.ext

Note: Using several filters

You can combine any of the above filtering options in the Filter input field. Separate them with a semicolon (;). The following example shows how to select all files with the ".ext" format, the "folder" directory with all its files and subfolders as well as the "file.ext" file from all folders.

Example: *.ext;\folder\*;file.ext


Option: Maximum file size

If you wish to exclude files that are larger than a certain size from a backup, enable the Maximum file size checkbox, and indicate a value in the box next to it. All files that are larger than the specified file size are then excluded from the backup operation.

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