Better Edge Backup v5.2
User Guide
Exclude all others = True
Example 2:
If you want to backup all files, excluding all *.exe, *.dll and *.tmp, in C:\Applications, you should setup your backup filter as follows.
Top Directory | = C:\Applications |
Apply To | = File (true) |
Matching Type | = End With |
Matching Patterns | = *.exe,*.dll, *.tmp |
Filter Mode | = Exclude |
Include all others | = True |
Example 3:
If you have made your selection of files (all under C:\) from the backup source setting but you want exclude all images (e.g. *.jpg and *.gif) from your selection, you should setup your backup filter as follows.
Top Directory | = C:\ |
Apply To | = File (true) |
Matching Type | = End With |
Matching Patterns | = *.jpg, *.gif |
Filter Mode | = Exclude |
Include all others | = false |
Please note that the [Include all others] setting is not enabled because you don’t want to include all other files (NOT *.jpg, *.gif) under C:\ into the backup set.
Example 4: (advanced)
If you want to include everything, except the “log” directory, under C:\Applications into a backup set, you should setup your backup filter as follows.
Top Directory | = C:\Applications |
Apply To | = Directory (true) |
Matching Type | = Regular Expression |
Matching Patterns | = ^log$ |
Filter Mode | = Exclude |
Include all others | = True |
Example 5: (advanced)
If you want to include all directories named “log” from the backup set files with file name starting with “B” and ending with “*.doc” under C:\My Documents into the backup set, you can use a regular expression of “^B.*\.doc$” to do your selection. The filter backup can then be setup as follows.
Top Directory | = C:\My Documents |
Apply To | = File (true) |
Matching Type | = Regular Expression |
Matching Patterns | = ^B.*\.doc$ |
Filter Mode | = Include |
Exclude all others | = True |
5.6Pre/Post-Backup Command
The “Command Line Tool” feature has two major components, the
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