Filters: Separate "Exclude Folders" from "Exclude Files"

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markiloon

hello! thanks for this great program!!!

here a useful feature suggestion:
currently one same filter for excluding Folders AND Files.
it will be much more useful if "Exclude Folders" and "Exclude Files" are separated.

many thanks!!

Marki.
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Plerry

Why would this be more useful?
If you end your Exclude Filter definition with a backslash (\) (Windows) or forward-slash (/) (MAC, Linux) you exclude the folder (and everything in it); if you define anything following your last slash, it will exclude files.
Last edited by Plerry on 25 Jul 2022, 12:18, edited 1 time in total.
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markiloon

hmmm...
because there are use cases where you want to sync the folders but not the files.
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Zenju

Possible with FreeFileSync 11.24: viewtopic.php?t=9475#p34605
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markiloon

that is great!! many thanks!!!