Include/Exclude .hidden files/folders?

[jsau]

Hi there,

I have tried to filter by .hidden files/folders but FFS doesn't seem to make any diference.

I have the c:\Users\ -> mirroring through to \\backup\Users\ folders

but when I add any of these for hidden folders to exclude, none work (they all get copied anyhow)
.*\
\.*\
*\.*\
\*\*\.*\
*\*\*\.*\
...etc.....

I don't even want the hidden folder name copied over so \*\.*\* will not do....

Any suggestions? (ps this has nothing to do with hidden folders/files on the File System, its for FFS only)

[therube]

Try:

*\.*

. matches a literal dot
* matches zero or more characters

So things like

.out
.metadata-v2
.startup-incomplete
.padding
.usage

should all be excluded.


(And I take it that you're wanting to exclude "filenames" that start with a (.), rather then files that have the hidden attribute set.)