Better Edge Backup v5.2
User Guide
Key | Description |
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Name | The name of a filter |
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Top Directory | The top directory to which this filter is applied. Filtering rules will be applied to | |
| all files and/or directories under this directory. | |
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Apply To | Define whether to apply the filtering rule to files and/or directories | |
Pattern Matching | It defines the filtering rules of a filter. A filtering rule can be of one of the | |
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| [Starts With] | Include/Exclude all files/directories with name starting |
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| with a certain pattern. |
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| For example: You can use B* to match all files with |
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| name starting with a ‘B’ character |
| [Contains] | Include/Exclude all files/directories with name |
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| containing a certain pattern. |
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| For example: You can use *B* to match all files with |
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| name containing with a ‘B’ character |
| [Ends With] | Include/Exclude all files/directories with name ending |
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| with a certain pattern. |
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| For example: You can use *.doc to match all files with |
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| name ending with ‘.doc’ (all Word documents) |
| [Regular Expression] | Include/Exclude all files/directories with name matching |
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| a regular expression. |
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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 (if | |
| include filter type) or include (if exclude filter type) them into/from the backup | |
| set. |
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Example 1:
If you 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 |
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Apply To | = File (true) |
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Matching Type | = End With |
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Matching Patterns | = *.doc, *.xls, *.ppt |
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Filter Mode | = Include |
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