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Is it possible to exclude files and/or folders that include a '.' ?

An example file/folder to exclude would be...Movie.2018

 

 

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ScottS...per your question... files and folders can include a '.'

Per your example if a file named Movie.2018 existed in any folder included in the backup, the file would be excluded.  I believe that if a folder was named c:\users\FtrPilot\Movie.2018 the files within that folder would be included.  Folders to be excluded must include the entire path to the folder or wild cards.  If you wanted to exclude all of the files within the c:\users\FtrPilot\Movie.2018 folder, you would input as c:\users\FtrPilot\Movie.2018\*.*

Thanks @FtrPilot. Allow me to confirm...any file with a '.' is automatically excluded. I don't see specific reference to this in the Exclusion list, though that may be an auto setting. Confirm also...the only means of excluding any folder with a '.' is to specifically name it.

 

ScottS...I believe that to exclude all files with a '.' you would have to exclude '.*' 

A '.' alone is not a wild card.

Regarding folders...wild cards can be used as part of the folder paths.  Following is a default exclusion when creating a disk mode backup:

C:\Users\PCPitstopSVC\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*\cache2

To be honest, I don't know what would happen if you changed the * to .*

I will do a short test and report back. 

ScottS...I just did a short test and I believe there is no way to get True Image to  exclude all files with a '.' in the file name.  Same for folders with a '.' in the folder name.  

I tried to input .* and ATI would not accept it.  I input a '.' and ATI changed it to '*.'

You may want to do some tests on your own, but I don't think it is possible.