Exclusion Examples

Here are a few examples of exclusions, followed by an explanation of each.

Absolute file exclusions

Exclusion rule: /mydir/*.exeType: Absolute location

This will exclude all .exe files in the mydir remote directory, but the path is taken from the root of the remote system.

Exclusion rule: c:\mydir\*.exeType: Absolute location

This will exclude all .exe files in the c:\mydir local directory.

Exclusion rule: /mydir/nextdir/myfil?.*Type: Absolute location

This will exclude any file beginning with myfil with one arbitrary character and any extension in the directory /mydir/nextdir.

Absolute directory exclusion

Exclusion rule: /m?dirType: Absolute location

This will exclude all directories that match the mask m?dir, but the path is taken from the root of the file system. The ? is a substitute for any single character.

Exclusion rule: c:\m?dirType: Absolute location

This will exclude all directories on the c: drive that match the mask m?dir. The ? is a substitute for any single character.

Relative directory exclusions

Exclusion rule: mydirType: Apply to folders

This will exclude any directory named mydir anywhere in the file system.

Exclusion rule: m*irType: Apply to folders

This will exclude any directory that matches the mask m*ir from anywhere in the file system. The * means that the name can have any number and value of character in between the "m" and the "ir."

Relative file exclusion

Exclusion rule: mydir\*.exeType: Apply to files

This will exclude any .exe files in any directory named mydir anywhere in the file system.

Relative file/folder exclusion

Exclusion rule: ~*Type: Apply to both

This will exclude any file or folder starting with the ~ character, anywhere in the file system.