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Filter for Files and Folders

Filters enables you to filter specific files and folders from the source and destination folders during a copy operation, i.e. exclude them from the copy operation.

• Filter List
• Notes
• Filter Actions
• Use With
• Filter Types
• Compare with
• Filter Examples

Filter List

The filter list contains all filter set up for files and folders. Each filter can be enabled or disabled via its checkbox. The buttons below the filter list enables you to add, edit or remove filters.

Notes

• When filtering a folder the complete content of this folder will be filtered too.
• You can use the Windows environment variables with the Filter Types Text with Placeholders, Text without Placeholders and RegEx.
• Examples of an absolute and relative path:
  
  • Source folder: C:\
    absolute path: C:\Windows\System32
    relative path: \Windows\System32
  • Source folder: C:\Windows
    absolute path: C:\Windows\System32
    relative path: \System32

Filter Actions

Exclude

All files and folders matching a filter are excluded from the copy operation. Example: If you specify the filter *.ini, all files with the .ini extension are filtered, i.e. excluded from the copy operation.

Include

Only files matching a filter are included in the copy operation. Example: If you specify the filter text *.ini only files with the .ini extension are processed during a copy operation. All other files are filtered (= excluded) from the copy operation.

Use With

Here you can specify where the filter is to be used with:

• Source
• Destination
• Source + Destination

Filter Types

Text with Placeholder

With this filter type you can use wildcards at the filter text. For Example, the filter text *.exe will match all files with the extension .exe. The filter can be compared with one of the following properties:

• File Name
• File Path (Absolute)
• File Path (Relative)
• Folder Name
• Folder Path (Absolute)
• Folder Path (Relative)

Text without Placeholder

With this filter type all characters of wildcards are ignored and treated as normal text. The filter can be compared with one of the following properties:

• File Name
• File Path (Absolute)
• File Path (Relative)
• Folder Name
• Folder Path (Absolute)
• Folder Path (Relative)

RegEx

With this filter type you can use regular expressions at the filter text. The filter can be compared with one of the following properties:

• File Name
• File Path (Absolute)
• File Path (Relative)
• Folder Name
• Folder Path (Absolute)
• Folder Path (Relative)

File Size (Larger than / Smaller than)

This filter type enables you to filter files that are larger or smaller than a specific file size. The file size can be specified by one of the following size units:

• Bytes
• Kilobytes (KB)
• Megabytes (MB)
• Gigabytes (GB)

Age (Older than / Newer than)

This filter type enables you to filter files or folders according to their age. The filter can be compared with one of the following properties:

• File Creation Date
• File Modified Date
• File Last Access Date
• Folder Creation Date
• Folder Modified Date
• Folder Last Access Date

The age of the file or folder can be specified by one of the following time units:

• seconds
• minutes
• hours
• days
• weeks (7 days)
• months (30 days)
• quarters (90 days)
• years (365 days)

Time Period (Within/Outside)

This filter type enables you to filter files or folders with a time/date stamp within or outside a specific time period. The filter can be compared with one of the following properties:

• File Creation Date
• File Modified Date
• File Last Access Date
• Folder Creation Date
• Folder Modified Date
• Folder Last Access Date

Attributes (All/Some/Exact)

This filter type enables you to filter files or folders according to their attributes. The filter can be compared with the following attributes:

• Archive
• Compressed
• Directory
• Encrypted
• Hidden
• Normal
• Not Content-Indexed
• Symbolic Link
• Offline
• Sparse File
• Write-protected
• System
• Temporary
• Virtual

The selected attributes can be filtered by 3 different methods:

Filter Method	Description
All	All selected attributes have to be present.
Some	Some of the selected attributes have to be present.
Exact	The attributes of the file or folder and the selected attributes must be exactly the same.

Folder Level

This filter type enables you to filter files or folders by folder level. Multiple folder levels must be separated with a comma. Examples:

Source Folder: C:\Data

• 1. Folder Level: C:\Data
• 2. Folder Level: C:\Data\Backup
• 3. Folder Level: C:\Data\Backup\Windows

Examples when using the filter action Exclude:

• With the filter text 1,3 for files, all files in the folder C:\Data and C:\Data\Backup\Windows are excluded from the copy process.
• With the filter text 1 for folder, all folders including their contents are excluded in the source folder C:\Data and only the files from the 1st folder level are copied.

Example when using the filter action Include:

• With the filter text 2 for files only files from the folder C:\Data\Backup are copied. All files from the 1st & 3rd folder level are excluded from the copying process.

Compare With

The following properties can be selected depending on the selected filter type:

• Filter type: Text with placeholder, Text without placeholder, RegEx
  • File Name
  • File Path (Absolute)
  • File Path (Relative)
  • Folder Name
  • Folder Path (Absolute)
  • Folder Path (Relative)
• Filter type: File Size (Larger than), File Size (Smaller than)
  • File size
• Filter type: Age (Older than), Age (Newer than), Time Period (Within), Time Period (Outside)
  • File Creation Date
  • File Modified Date
  • File Last Access Date
  • Folder Creation Date
  • Folder Modified Date
  • Folder Last Access Date
• Filter type: Attributes (All), Attributes (Some), Attributes (Exact)
  • File Attributes
  • Folder Attributes
• Filter type: Folder Level
  • Files
  • Folders

Filter Examples

1. Example

You are synchronizing data between the C: and D: drives and want to exclude the C:\Windows and D:\Windows folders. A filter with the following settings is required for this:

Option	Setting
Filter Action:	Exclude
Filter Type:	Text without placeholder
Use With:	Source + Destination
Compare with:	Folder name
Filter Text:	Windows

2. Example

You want to back up the system folder C:\Users and exclude all data from the subfolders C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local. A filter with the following settings is required for this:

Option	Setting
Filter Action:	Exclude
Filter Type:	Text without placeholder
Use With:	Source
Compare with:	Folder Path (Absolute)
Filter Text:	*\AppData\Local\* OR C:\Users\*\AppData\Local\*