Hi,
I'm using the latest version 8.4 and realized a strange behavior with the filter option.
In the exclude part I added *.msf (Thunderbird index files) which worked immediately.
But I had to specify *\vmware*.log (instead of vmware*.log) to exclude VMware log files.
In general *.<extension> works as expected.
For <string>*.<extension> you've to prepend the "*\" to make the filter working.
Is this as designed or is this a bug?
Kind regards,
Willy
Filter behavior
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The behavior is as it is supposed to work.
All filter specifications are relative to the root of the left and right folder.
"vmware*.log" applies to all files in the root folder starting with "vmware" and having the extension ".log", plus all files ending with ".log" anywhere down the folder-tree of any folder in the root of the left/right pair of which the name starts with "vmware".
Your later "*\vmware*.log" (or, doing the same: "*vmware*.log") meets any files starting with "vmware" and having an extension ".log" plus any files having an extension ".log" existing down the folder tree in any folder of which the name contains "vmware".
All filter specifications are relative to the root of the left and right folder.
"vmware*.log" applies to all files in the root folder starting with "vmware" and having the extension ".log", plus all files ending with ".log" anywhere down the folder-tree of any folder in the root of the left/right pair of which the name starts with "vmware".
Your later "*\vmware*.log" (or, doing the same: "*vmware*.log") meets any files starting with "vmware" and having an extension ".log" plus any files having an extension ".log" existing down the folder tree in any folder of which the name contains "vmware".
