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| To escape character with special meaning in patterns (''*?['') surround it by set pattern, e.g. ''filewithstar[*]''. | To escape character with special meaning in patterns (''*?['') surround it by set pattern, e.g. ''filewithstar[*]''. | ||
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| + | The file masks are case insensitive. | ||
| ===== [[size_time]] Size and Time Constraints ===== | ===== [[size_time]] Size and Time Constraints ===== | ||
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| | ''<size[KMG]'' | Matches files smaller than ''size''. | ''<1G'' | | | ''<size[KMG]'' | Matches files smaller than ''size''. | ''<1G'' | | ||
| | ''>yyyy-mm-dd[ hh:mm[:ss]]'' | Matches files modified the last time after the date or time (i.e. "newer than"). | ''>2012-01-01'' \\ ''>2012-02-29 08:47'' | | | ''>yyyy-mm-dd[ hh:mm[:ss]]'' | Matches files modified the last time after the date or time (i.e. "newer than"). | ''>2012-01-01'' \\ ''>2012-02-29 08:47'' | | ||
| - | | ''>time[YDHNS][S]'' | Matches files modified the last time within specified interval (i.e. "newer than"). \\ Cannot be used for directories. \\ One of the following units must be used: ''Y'' (years), ''D'' (days), ''H'' (hours), ''N'' (minutes) or ''S'' (seconds). \\ Optional ''S'' suffix denotes rounding the time before the interval to the start of the interval unit. For example, ''2DS'' refers to the start (midnight) of the day before yesterday. ''0HS'' refers to the start of the current hour. Keywords ''today'' and ''yesterday'' can be used instead of ''0DS'' and ''1DS'', respectively. &beta_feature | ''*.doc>1Y'' \\ ''>2HS'' \\ ''>yesterday'' | | + | | ''>time[YDHNS][S]'' | Matches files modified the last time within specified interval (i.e. "newer than"). \\ Cannot be used for directories. \\ One of the following units must be used: ''Y'' (years), ''D'' (days), ''H'' (hours), ''N'' (minutes) or ''S'' (seconds). \\ Optional ''S'' suffix denotes rounding the time before the interval to the start of the interval unit. For example, ''2DS'' refers to the start (midnight) of the day before yesterday. ''0HS'' refers to the start of the current hour. Keywords ''==today=='' and ''==yesterday=='' can be used instead of ''0DS'' and ''1DS'', respectively. | ''*.doc>1Y'' \\ ''>2HS'' \\ ''>yesterday'' | |
| | ''<yyyy-mm-dd[ hh:mm[:ss]]'' | Matches files modified the last time before the date or time (i.e. "older than"). | ''*.doc<2012-02-29 08:54:21'' | | | ''<yyyy-mm-dd[ hh:mm[:ss]]'' | Matches files modified the last time before the date or time (i.e. "older than"). | ''*.doc<2012-02-29 08:54:21'' | | ||
| | ''<time[YDHNS][S]'' | Matches files modified the last time before specified interval (i.e. "older than"). | ''<60D'' | | | ''<time[YDHNS][S]'' | Matches files modified the last time before specified interval (i.e. "older than"). | ''<60D'' | | ||
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| Note that if your constraint contains spaces (particularly constraint with date and time), to use it in [[scripting]], you need to enclose whole mask to double-quotes. | Note that if your constraint contains spaces (particularly constraint with date and time), to use it in [[scripting]], you need to enclose whole mask to double-quotes. | ||
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| - | In [[scripting]], you can use ''[[scripting#timestamp|%TIMESTAMP%]]'' syntax to generate a time constraint. E.g. to select all files modified today, use ''*>=%TIMESTAMP#yyyy-mm-dd%''. //This syntax is deprecated in the latest beta version by the ''S'' suffix, see the table above.// &beta | ||
| ===== [[combining]] Combining Masks ===== | ===== [[combining]] Combining Masks ===== | ||
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| Both include and exclude part can be empty, denoting that everything is included or nothing is excluded, respectively. When include part is empty, masks starts with pipe straight away. When exclude part is empty, you can omit the trailing pipe. | Both include and exclude part can be empty, denoting that everything is included or nothing is excluded, respectively. When include part is empty, masks starts with pipe straight away. When exclude part is empty, you can omit the trailing pipe. | ||
| - | Exclude mask takes precedence over include mask. I.e. when the same file is matched by both the exclude and include mask, it is excluded. | + | Exclude mask takes precedence over include mask. I.e. when the same file is matched by both the exclude and include mask, it is excluded. On the other hand, using an include mask effectively excludes all non included files and folders. |
| To escape pipe character double it, e.g. ''filewith||pipe''. | To escape pipe character double it, e.g. ''filewith||pipe''. | ||
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| Directory masks are recursive. E.g. mask ''images/'' matches directories ''/home/martin/images/'' as well as ''/home/martin/images/avatars/''. | Directory masks are recursive. E.g. mask ''images/'' matches directories ''/home/martin/images/'' as well as ''/home/martin/images/avatars/''. | ||
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| + | During transfer and [[task_synchronize_full|synchronization]], files and directories are processed recursively. When a directory is excluded, subdirectories and files contained in the excluded directory are not even evaluated against file masks. They are excluded along with its container directory. | ||
| ===== [[path]] Path Mask ===== | ===== [[path]] Path Mask ===== | ||
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| 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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| + | Paths starting with a dot followed by a slash (''./'' or ''.\'') are matched from the root of the operation (such as file transfer or synchronization). 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/''. | ||
| - | The full path mask matches a local or a remote paths only, depending on syntax used.((Paths starting with drive letter and colon match local paths only. Paths starting with slash match remote path only. Type of slashes does not matter.)) This matters for [[task_synchronize|synchronization]] particularly. For exclude masks, may need to use a separate full path mask for both local and remote path. For include masks, using a full path mask does not make sense with synchronization, as is effectively excludes all files on the other side of the synchronization, breaking it. In general, use partial path masks with the synchronization. | + | The full path mask matches a local or a remote paths only, depending on the syntax used.((Paths starting with drive letter and colon match local paths only. Paths starting with slash match remote path only. Type of slashes does not matter.)) This matters for [[task_synchronize|synchronization]] particularly. For exclude masks, you may need to use a separate full path mask for both local and remote path. For include masks, using a full path mask does not make sense with synchronization, as it effectively excludes all files on the other side of the synchronization, breaking it. In general, use partial path masks with the synchronization. |
| ===== [[exceptions]] Exceptions ===== | ===== [[exceptions]] Exceptions ===== | ||
| For convenience, mask ''*.*'' is an exception matching any file or directory, even if its name does not include any dot. On the contrary, mask ''*.'' matches any file or directory without an extension. | For convenience, mask ''*.*'' is an exception matching any file or directory, even if its name does not include any dot. On the contrary, mask ''*.'' matches any file or directory without an extension. | ||
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| + | ===== [[emptysubfolder]] Subfolders with All Files Excluded ===== | ||
| + | Excluding all files within a subfolder from transfer or synchronization does not exclude the subfolder itself. As a result an empty subfolder is created in the target. To prevent that, use the [[ui_transfer_custom#other|//Exclude empty directories// transfer setting]]. In [[scripting]] or [[library|.NET assembly]], use the [[rawtransfersettings#excludeemptydirectories|''ExcludeEmptyDirectories'' raw transfer setting]]. | ||