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CaptainHoek Guest

Using Synchronize Script to only Sync files and not Subfolders

2024-05-06 03:31

Hi There,

I need to synchronize a bunch of files in a folder but don't want the sub folders to synchronize.

I am a newbie to this. I have tried:-

synchronize local -preservetime -filemask=*.jpg

but it also syncs three sub folders that are on the local host.

Any help much appreciated.

Cheers
Mark

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martin◆ Site Admin
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Re: Using Synchronize Script to only Sync files and not Subfolders

2024-05-06

See How do I transfer (or synchronize) directory non-recursively?

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CaptainHoek Guest

Using Synchronize Script to only Sync files and not Subfolders

2024-05-06 22:11

Thanks for your reply Martin.

If I use:-

synchronize local -preservetime -filemask="|*/"

it works fine but copies all files from the localhost. I just want to copy all jpgs.

I've tried:-

synchronize local -preservetime -filemask="|*/" *.jpg

but get this error:-

Error listing directory '*.jpg\*.*'.
Error retrieving file list for "*.jpg\*.*".
System Error.  Code: 123.
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect
(A)bort, (R)etry, (S)kip: Abort

Any help appreciated.

Cheers
Mark

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CaptainHoek Guest

Using Synchronize Script to only Sync files and not Subfolders

2024-05-06 23:12

Please ignore last post.

I found the syntax I needed as below:-

synchronize local -preservetime -filemask="*.jpg |*/"

Thanks again for all the help.
Cheers
Mark

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martin◆ Site Admin

Re: Using Synchronize Script to only Sync files and not Subfolders

2024-05-09

Yers, that's correct, see:
https://winscp.net/eng/docs/file_mask#include_exclude

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