Include folders which start with a 'bullet' char and a '['

[Alice]

Include folders which start with a 'bullet' char followed by a '[' then some specific text

ViceVersa 2.5 Pro Build 2514 x64

An odd one this, I have a series (approx. 150) of 'root' folders on a Server 2008 NTFS Volume. Where the contents of the folder have been 'retired' (ie emptied) to a another server/Cloud, the 'root' folder has been renamed to start with a 'bullet' char, spc, square bracket then an English explanation of where the data was moved to.

What I need to do is EXCLUDE all folders other than those that start with the string '· [ Folder Retired to Legacy.....' in the 'root' only.

Here's a sample of the folders :

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SD_CC_Planning
SD_CC_Public
SD_CC_SMT
SD_Finance
SD_HR
SD_JPS
SD_P&BI
SD_Placement
· [ Data Moved to Box @ 2015-02-12 ] - SD_C1
· [ Data Moved to Box @ 2015-03-06 ] - SD_DL
· [ Data Moved to Box @ 2015-11-16 ] - SD_House
· [ Folder Retired to Legacy @ 2015-12-07 ] - Business
· [ Folder Retired to Legacy @ 2015-12-07 ] - Catering
· [ Folder Retired to Legacy @ 2015-12-07 ] - Homes


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So the folders I need to copy are ONLY these :

· [ Folder Retired to Legacy @ 2015-12-07 ] - Business
· [ Folder Retired to Legacy @ 2015-12-07 ] - Catering
· [ Folder Retired to Legacy @ 2015-12-07 ] - Homes

but what should the filter be ? A square bracket is a 'reserved' char in ViceVersa filters ?

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Any help would be appreciated. Many thanks



Alice

[TGRMN Software]

Hi, please try escaping the square brackets with \ e.g. \[
thanks
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[Alice]

I don't know what you mean

Sorry for not understanding you !



Alice

[TGRMN Software]

Sorry , my mistake! use:

\· [[*

So instead of [ , use [[ to indicate you mean [ chars and not [ wildcard.

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[Alice]

An 'include' Subfolder Filter of :



· [[ Folder Retired to Legacy*



worked perfectly.


Thank you.



A.

[Alice]

Hi

One small and probably obvious adjustment, is there any way to stop VV from 'trawling' (comparing) all the sub-folders (30,000+ in this instance) for the two or three 'root' folders that match the 'Include' Subfolder Filter of :

\· [[ Folder Retired to Legacy @ 2015-12-14*


Thanks (again) !



Alice

[TGRMN Software]

Try adding an exclude folder after the above include filter:

exclude
\· [[ Folder Retired to Legacy @ 2015-12-14*\*
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[Alice]

So I now have Subfolder Filters of :

\· [[ Folder Retired to Legacy @ 2015-12-14* (include)
\· [[ Folder Retired to Legacy @ 2015-12-14*\* (exclude)

but the 'exclude' Filter appears to have no effect, ie VV reads and lists all folders and files that match the 'include' that applies to the 'root parent' folder, so takes quite a while to run.

Any more thoughts would be appreciated Maybe this is just not possible ?


Tks



Alice

[TGRMN Software]

Hi Alice,

As a test, I have created a folder :

"C:\Temp\"

In there I have created:
C:\Temp\· [ Folder Retired to Legacy @ 2015-12-07 ] - Homes
C:\Temp\· [ Folder Retired to Legacy @ 2015-12-07 ] - Homes\test1
C:\Temp\· [ Folder Retired to Legacy @ 2015-12-07 ] - Homes\test2

Then I use c:\temp\ as source and x:\target\ as target with "Include Subfolders: Yes"

I have added the following subfolder filters:
- Include subfolders: "\· [[*"
- Exclude subfolders: "\· [[*\*"

This works fine, e.g. all files in
C:\Temp\· [ Folder Retired to Legacy @ 2015-12-07 ] - Homes
are included, while subfolders and files in
C:\Temp\· [ Folder Retired to Legacy @ 2015-12-07 ] - Homes\test1
C:\Temp\· [ Folder Retired to Legacy @ 2015-12-07 ] - Homes\test2
are excluded

Is this similar to your setup?

thanks
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[Alice]

Apologies, we were speaking at cross-purposes.

What you have demonstrated immediately above, does indeed work.


Thank you



Alice