Another Filter Query

[nicebikemate]

Hi All,

Let me preface this by saying i'm not massively tech savvy. I've setup FFS to schedule backups to google drive of a specific file type (Revit Models). Revit creates a backup file of the main model which gets saved in same folder as the model you're modifying and you can't change where this file gets saved unfortunately.

To keep the filename unique, Revit adds a 5 character string to the end of the file name. For example I have a file named Test.rvt, it creates Test.0001.rtv The .0001 suffix changes in value dependant on how many times the file has been backed up / saved.

Is there anyway to stop FFS from copying these files into the backup folder and only copy Test.rvt? Note Test.rtv will vary in length, but the backups will always have those 5 char strings at the end.

Thanks muchly,
Rob

[Plerry]

In line with your description, I assume the first character of your added 5 character string is always a dot ".".
So, if I understand you correctly, you want to exclude from your sync any files that have an arbitrary filename (e.g. "Test") followed by a dot ".", followed by arbitrary 4 characters, followed by ".rvt".

If my assumption is correct, you could add a line:
*.????.rvt
to your Exclude Filter.
Note that the question mark "?" is a wildcard matching any single character, not just a digit.

[nicebikemate]

Awesome, thank you Plerry, yep you've got it. Thanks :)