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| 2021-07-27 | 2022-01-11 | ||
| typo (martin) | 5.20.1: Bug 2052: File masks relative to the root of an operation (martin) | ||
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| When a mask selects files and it makes sense to select them based on directory, you can extend the mask with a path mask. You should separate the path mask from the filename mask by a slash. For example mask ''/home/martinp/*.txt'' matches all text files within the directory. To match all text files within subtree, use mask ''/home/martinp/*.txt; /home/martinp/*/*.txt''.((Simpler, but less precise, form would be ''/home/martinp*/*.txt''.)) | When a mask selects files and it makes sense to select them based on directory, you can extend the mask with a path mask. You should separate the path mask from the filename mask by a slash. For example mask ''/home/martinp/*.txt'' matches all text files within the directory. To match all text files within subtree, use mask ''/home/martinp/*.txt; /home/martinp/*/*.txt''.((Simpler, but less precise, form would be ''/home/martinp*/*.txt''.)) | ||
| - | The path mask is matched against full path, i.e. not against path relative path to a root of file transfer or synchronization. E.g. mask ''public_html/wiki/'' does not match ''/home/martinp/public_html/wiki'' directory, even if the root of file transfer or synchronization is ''/home/martinp''. Partial path mask that matches an absolute path may look like ''*/public_html/wiki/''. | + | //In the current stable version,// &beta the path mask is matched against full path, i.e. not against path relative path to a root of file transfer or synchronization. E.g. mask ''public_html/wiki/'' does not match ''/home/martinp/public_html/wiki'' directory, even if the root of file transfer or synchronization is ''/home/martinp''. Partial path mask that matches an absolute path may look like ''*/public_html/wiki/''. |
| For a partial path mask it makes no difference whether you use back (''\'') or forward slashes (''/''); the mask will always work for both local and remote paths. For example, a mask ''*/public_html/*.bak'' will match backup files both in ''D:\Documents\public_html\'' and ''/home/martinp/public_html/''. | For a partial path mask it makes no difference whether you use back (''\'') or forward slashes (''/''); the mask will always work for both local and remote paths. For example, a mask ''*/public_html/*.bak'' will match backup files both in ''D:\Documents\public_html\'' and ''/home/martinp/public_html/''. | ||
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| + | //In the current beta version//, paths starting with a dot followed by a slash (''./'' or ''.\'') are matched from the root of the operation (such as file transfer or synchronization). &beta For example, when uploading files and folders from local path ''D:\Documents\public_html\'' to remote path ''/home/martinp/public_html/'', mask ''.\data\*.txt'' matches ''*.txt'' files in ''D:\Documents\public_html\data\''. | ||
| You can also specify full path to a specific file or directory, both local and remote. For example if you want to match only a specific ''.csv'' directory, not all, use ''/home/martinp/data/.csv/'' instead of ''.csv/''. | You can also specify full path to a specific file or directory, both local and remote. For example if you want to match only a specific ''.csv'' directory, not all, use ''/home/martinp/data/.csv/'' instead of ''.csv/''. | ||