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--- other:win10_syncback [2020/04/20 15:25] – [Using Filters] Improved filters intro jypeter
+++ other:win10_syncback [2020/04/20 17:14] – Added groups section jypeter
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 ==== Suggested filters when backing up your Home folder ====
-//Home folder// means here ''ANOTHER_DISK_THAN_C:\Users\your_login'', assuming that you have followed the instructions in [[other:win10config#configuring_folders_and_shortcuts|Configuring folders]] to create a //Home folder// distinct from your default //Windows home folder// on ''C:\''
+//Home folder// means here ''ANOTHER_DISK_THAN_C:\Users\your_login'', assuming that you have followed the instructions in [[other:win10config#configuring_folders_and_shortcuts|Configuring folders]] to create a //Home folder// distinct from your default //Windows home folder// on ''C:\''...
-Note: we assume in the filters below that the [[other:thunderbird#moving_the_tb_configuration_directory_to_a_specific_directory|Thunderbird and Firefox profiles were moved]] from their default location, to the //Home folder//
+Note: we assume in the filters below that the [[other:thunderbird#moving_the_tb_configuration_directory_to_a_specific_directory|Thunderbird and Firefox profiles were moved]] from their default location on ''C:\'', to the //Home folder//
   * Remove Thunderbird and Firefox lock file: ''%%*%%\parent.lock''
-  * Try to remove all the obvious cache folders: ''%%*%%\Cache\'', ''%%*%%\cache2\''
+  * Try to remove all the obvious cache folders: ''%%*\*cache*\%%''
-    * The filter rules above will remove cache folders like:\\ ''%%*%%\Firefox\Profiles\jyp_Firefox_fixe\cache2\'',\\ ''%%*%%\Thunderbird\Profiles\jyp_Thunderbird_fixe\Cache\'',\\ ''%%*%%\Thunderbird\Profiles\jyp_Thunderbird_fixe\cache2\''
+    * The filter rules above will remove cache folders like:\\ ''%%*%%\Firefox\Profiles\jyp_Firefox_fixe\cache2\'',\\ ''%%*%%\Thunderbird\Profiles\jyp_Thunderbird_fixe\Cache\'',\\ ''%%*%%\Thunderbird\Profiles\jyp_Thunderbird_fixe\cache2\''\\ ... and many similar folders
+  * Remove other Thunderbird and Firefox  folders with temporary files: ''%%*\storage\%%'',  ''%%*\datareporting\%%''
 ==== Suggested filters when backing up your Windows folder ====
 Default Windows folder: ''C:\Users\your_login''
-  * Remove WSL+Linux from backup: ''%%*\AppData\Local\Packages\Canonical*Ubuntu*\%%''
+  * Remove [[other:win10wsl|WSL+Linux]] from backup: ''%%*\AppData\Local\Packages\Canonical*Ubuntu*\%%''
+    * It's probably better to use [[other:win10wsl#restoring_a_wsl_backup|wsl export/import]] for saving/restoring a full WSL installation, or a //tar// file for saving only the Linux ''home'' directory
+    * Remember that WSL+Linux can access Windows directories using ''/mnt/some_drive/some_directory''. You can put your data files in ''some_drive:\some_directory'' and use SyncBack to save the content!
   * Remove the backup of all the settings saved in AppData\Local\Packages: ''%%*\AppData\Local\Packages\%%''
   * Try to remove all the cache files: ''*cache*\''\\ This should take care of cache folders like:
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   * Remove misc. files: ''%%*\ntuser*%%'',  ''%%*\NTUSER*%%'', ''%%*\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Current*%%''
   * Remove misc. directories: ''%%*\AppData\Local\Comms\%%'', ''%%*\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\%%''
+==== The side effect of filters ====
+If you use a filter to specify that something in the //Source// folder should not be backed up to the //Destination// folder, SyncBack will also ignore it in the Destination folder, and it will stay in //Destination// **forever**, unless you remove it by hand!
+If you have time, you may want to review the custom filters you have added, and **remove the //filtered// folders/files in Destination by hand**...
+**Detailed example:**
+  * you execute a backup profile, and one of the mirrored folders (in Source) is called ''datareporting''\\ => ''datareporting'' exists in both Source and Destination
+  * you add a ''%%*\datareporting\%%'' filter that will skip the ''datareporting'' folders the next times you execute the backup profile\\ => ''datareporting'' still exists in both Source and Destination
+    * The ''datareporting'' content in Source may change but will be ignored by SyncBack (that's what you want!)
+    * **The ''datareporting'' content in //Destination// will stay there and never change** (the //side effect//...)
+  * The only way to get rid of ''datareporting'' in Destination is to **remove it by hand**
+===== Using groups of profiles =====
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