Partial Mirroring of Sub-Directories in a Partition

floops · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 4

I mirror my partitions. I "include sub-directories" to get the entire partition. I know I can "exclude" certain files and sub-directories. For some partitions I have I want the opposite. I want to exclude most of my subdirectories. Instead of excluding each one individually I was hoping to just "include" the ones I wanted. When I do this I still get ALL sub-directories. Is there a way to do what I am trying to do? In other words, a partial sub-directory mirroring of a specific partition. THANKS

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8763

Hello

in ViceVersa PRO, use subfolder filters in the profile settings. You can use "include" filters to include only certain subfolders. thanks
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floops · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 4

That is actually what I tried (after reading "help") and it gives me ALL sub-directories. My source is a partition. I check "include sub-directories".
In the sub filter I "include" ONE of my sub-directories in the partition. It ends up mirroring ALL sub-directories. Is there something more I am missing?

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8763

Can you please post the profile settings, copy and paste from the "view profile settings" windows in ViceVersa or open your .fsf profile file with NotePad and copy and paste here, thanks
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floops · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 4

Profile File: e:\viceversa pro\weekly-h.fsf

Folders
- Source: "H:\" (Locked)
- Target: "I:\WEEKLY\Drive H\"
- Include Subfolders: Yes
- Create sources/targets that do not exist
- Exclude files: "H:\Legacy\Geo\GeoDB.gdb"
- Exclude system files
- Exclude subfolders: "H:\RECYCLER\"
- Include subfolders: "H:\Legacy"
- Exclude system subfolders
Comparison
- Comparison Type: Size and Timestamp
Execution
- Method: Backup (Mirror Source to Target)
- Log File: "I:\WEEKLY\WEEKLY-H.log" (empty log file each run)
- No archive for deleted/replaced source files
- No archive for deleted/replaced target files
- Process Priority: Low
- Copy files even if timestamp changes after initial comparison
- No empty source/target check
- Replace newer target files with older source files (backup only)

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8763

Thanks,

please try using these filters:

- Exclude subfolders: "*"
- Include subfolders: "H:\Legacy"

by default ViceVersa PRO includes all subfolders.

thanks
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floops · Joined: 19 Mar 2008 Posts: 4

Yes, that made it work. I guess that makes sense.
Thanks for the help.