Excluding file and folder names: case-insensitive
If I want to exclude every folder (along with all its subfolders) and also every file that contain
^acronis^
regardless of the position in the name and regardless of the capitalization, will this do the trick?
*^acronis^*
Also, does using the carat character pose any problems?
Right, I was not trying to use the carat as a wildcard at all - and I did read the user guide before posting. :-)
My question was if I want to exclude all files and folders with names containing exactly this string, meaning the carats would actually appear in the file/folder names:
^acronis^
regardless of the position in the name and regardless of the capitalization, will this do the trick?
*^acronis^*
Also, are exclusions always case-insensitive?
Eliezer, if this is a Files & Folders backup then the only options are to exclude files - you cannot create an exclusion for folders - you have to do this by not selecting the folders to be excluded in the main Source selection panel.
As far as I am aware exclusions are case insensitive.
You would have to try your *^acronis^* exclusion to see if it will work for you, otherwise you could use the ? wildcard character to replace the carat but this would obviously match any other character that might be present.
This is a Disk Backup, but (based on the screenshot in the user guide) it sounds like there's no way to exclude folders either:
- To exclude a folder, click Browse, select the folder you want to exclude on the directory tree, click OK, and then click Add.
I wish there was flexibility built-in for allowing me to rename a folder in order to exclude it without having to go into Acronis... :-(
Eliezer, you could use the Pre/Post Commands option for your backup task to rename a folder in order to exclude it assuming that you have the folder of that name not selected to be included.
See Pre/Post commands for backup in the User Guide.