Better Edge Backup v5.2
User Guide
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Key Description
Name The name of a filter
Top Directory
The top directory to which this filter is ap plied. Filtering rules will be appl ied to
all files and/or directories under this directory.
Apply To Define whether to apply the filtering rule to files and/or directories
Pattern Matching It defines the filtering rules of a fi lter. A filtering rule can be of one of the
following types:
[Starts With] Include/Exclude all files/directories with name starting
with a certain pattern.
For example: You can use B* to match all files with
name starting with a ‘B’ character
[Contains] Include/Exclude all files/directories with name
containing a certain pattern.
For example: You can use *B* to match all files with
name containing with a ‘B’ character
[Ends With] Include/Excl ude all files/directories with name ending
with a certain pattern.
For example: You can use *.doc to match all files with
name ending with ‘.doc’ (all Word documents)
[Regular Expression] Include/Exclude all files/directories with name matching
a regular expression.
Filter Mode
Defines whether you want to include or exclude matched files into/from the
backup set. Also, for those unmatched files, you can choose to exclude (i f
include filter type) or include (if exclude filt
er type) them into/from the b ackup
set.
Example 1:
If y ou want to backup only Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents in your document directory (e.g. C:\My
Documents), you should setup your backup filter as follows.
Top Directory = C :\My Documents
Apply To = File (true)
Matching Type = End With
Matching Patterns = *.doc, *.xls, *.ppt
Filter Mode = Include