Relative paths when including a file in the filters file

RobertN · 8 July 2019 18:08

I’m having an issue using relative paths when including a file in the filters file. It works properly when I specify an absolute path. Maybe someone could help me out, or perhaps it’s a bug.

I created a single file with the filter patterns called f inside the .duplicacy folder. Then I created the filters file, with the single line @f, inside the .duplicacy folder. However, duplicacy is not using the patterns inside f. I get the following:

Parsing filter file \\?\C:\repository\.duplicacy\filters
Parsing filter file \\?\UNC\?\C:\repository\.duplicacy\f
Loaded 0 include/exclude pattern(s)

gchen · 9 July 2019 03:21

According to the code, the path (if not an absolute path) should be relative to the current working directory:

github.com

gilbertchen/duplicacy/blob/58387c095133f2c0500dab6b6164a0640c6dbff4/src/duplicacy_snapshot.go#L173-L178


				if len(includedFiles) == 0 {
					basePath, _ = os.Getwd()
				} else {
					basePath = filepath.Dir(includedFiles[len(includedFiles)-1])
				}
				patternIncludeFile = joinPath(basePath, patternIncludeFile)

RobertN · 9 July 2019 04:14

Thanks for the reply. So I copied the f file to C:\repository\ and ran everything again from that folder, but I still get the same result. Is this even a valid path? \\?\UNC\?\C:\repository\.duplicacy\f