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other:win10_syncback [2020/04/28 15:04] jypeter [Suggested filters when backing up your Windows folder] |
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==== The side effect of filters ==== | ==== 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 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** (if it is already there), 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**... | 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:** | + | === 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 execute a backup profile, and one of the mirrored folders (in Source) is called ''datareporting''\\ => ''datareporting'' exists in both Source and Destination after the mirror backup | ||
* 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 | * 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 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 ''datareporting'' content in //Destination// will stay there and never will change** (the //side effect//... because you don't want to have something in Destination that does not exist in Source, after a mirror backup) |
* The only way to get rid of ''datareporting'' in Destination is to **remove it by hand** | * The only way to get rid of ''datareporting'' in Destination is to **remove it by hand** | ||
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+ | === Finding and cleaning filtered items === | ||
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===== Using groups of profiles ===== | ===== Using groups of profiles ===== |