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ldsang
Joined:: 2013-03-12
Posts:: 2

Problem with Excluding directories

2013-03-12 19:31

Hello all. I've been trying to get WinSCP to exclude some directories from sync but have had some odd issues. Here's my basic script (run from a batch file):

option batch on
option confirm off
option transfer binary
option exclude "M:\mypath\localvars\*"
option exclude "M:\mypath\src\*"
option exclude "M:\mypath\obj\*"
open server:pass@99.99.99.99
synchronize remote M:\local\path /remote/path 
exit

The basic sync works, but it also completely syncs the "src" dir. Odd thing is it doesn't sync the "obj" dir. Also, it syncs 1 file in the "localvars" dir, but doesn't sync the rest of the files in that dir. I noticed this because I just put an additional file into that dir that I need different on my local server and the remote. There are other files that need to be different as well, but only 1 file in that dir is synced with my local server. Any ideas on why that script I posted would exhibit the behavior I've described?[/code]

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martin◆ Site Admin
Joined:: 2002-12-10
Posts:: 41,517
Location:: Prague, Czechia

Re: Problem with Excluding directories

2013-03-14

1) "option exclude exclude_mask" is deprecated command, use "synchronize -filemask=|exclude_mask" instead.

2) Every "option exclude" command overwrites previous value. You need to set all masks at once by separating whem with semicolon. But of course, use the -filemask.

See example:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/scriptcommand_synchronize#examples
And documentation:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/file_mask

And of course, make sure you are using the latest version of WinSCP.

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ldsang

2013-03-14 18:39

Semicolons, that was my problem. One of the perils of using search is getting info on depreciated commands. Thanks!

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guestuser Guest

Exclude current directory not working

2013-10-02 22:21

I am trying to exclude the current directory with: -filepath=|.\*
However, it is not excluding it... :?

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guestuser Guest

nevermind wrong version

2013-10-02 22:48

i just updated to newest version, works great now!

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McSnoogins Guest

Filemasks

2015-05-01 09:51

I'm still a bit mixed up with the new file masks, can someone translate this for me please?

I used to use
option exclude c:\data\software

I've tried replacing it with
synchronize -filemask="|c:\data\software" remote -criteria=Both C:\Data\Software /Data/Software

But it seems to synchronize the data folder regardless. Can you show me what i should be using please?

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mcsnoogins Guest

Re: Filemasks

2015-05-03 21:11

McSnoogins wrote:

I'm still a bit mixed up with the new file masks, can someone translate this for me please?

I used to use
option exclude c:\data\software

I've tried replacing it with
synchronize -filemask="|c:\data\software" remote -criteria=Both C:\Data\Software /Data/Software

But it seems to synchronize the data folder regardless. Can you show me what i should be using please?

Last line should be "But it seems to synchronize the Software folder regardless"

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Mcsnoogins Guest

Re: Filemasks

2015-05-03 22:31

mcsnoogins wrote:

McSnoogins wrote:

I'm still a bit mixed up with the new file masks, can someone translate this for me please?

I used to use
option exclude c:\data\software

I've tried replacing it with
synchronize -filemask="|c:\data\software" remote -criteria=Both C:\Data\Software /Data/Software

But it seems to synchronize the data folder regardless. Can you show me what i should be using please?

Last line should be "But it seems to synchronize the Software folder regardless"

Bit of trial and error resulted in the following answer:

synchronize remote -criteria=Both -filemask="| Software/" C:\Data\ /Data/
Now synchronizing all files and folders but excluding the folder c:\data\Software

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