Filter help - inlcude files AND dirs

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#1

Current filter is FILTER=“e:^(.*/)?(@eaDir|#recycle)/$” below and covers directories fine.

I want to include files such as .DS_Store, but not sure how to do that all in one expression.

#2

Why do you want to do it in one expression?

Also, stuff that is not excluded by rules is included, so nothing to do here.

#3

I thought I had to use a single regular expression…

I want to exclude .DS_Store and .tmp files.

#4

No, you can have multiple filters and you don’t have to use regular expressions.

Where are you specify in the FILTER=? This is not a standard duplicacy mechanism. Duplicacy reads filters from a filters file. That file can contain references to other files (starting with @) if whatever wrapper you use has this silly limitation of just one filter string.

-*@eaDir/
-*#recycle/
-*.tmp

.DS_Store files contain metadata, including things like finder comments, and shall not be excluded.

#5

In the filters file. I’ll add extra items in addition to my existing content. I’m OK with excluding .DS_Store for several reasons and content sources.

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#6

Then you can just add it to the list:

-*.DS_Store

Or, to be very pedantic,

-.DS_Store
-*/.DS_Store

Few key ideas:

  • If filters file only contains excludes – everything else is included
  • If filter ends with / it matches directors, else – files.
  • * and ? match everything, including /.
  • Order of filters matters.

A common approach (to not lose filters file, because .duplicacy folder is not backed up) is to keep filters file elsewhere, and include path to it in the filters file:

@/Users/user/.config/duplicacy/filters

And put actual filters in there.

#7

Appreciate the guidance and information.

I recreate my backup config on each run via a source-specific config file. I just need to adapt my script to include multi-line filters, and I’m off to the races.