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other:win10_syncback [2020/04/28 15:04] jypeter [Suggested filters when backing up your Windows folder] |
other:win10_syncback [2020/04/29 08:14] jypeter [The side effect of filters] |
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| * you can use uppercase and lowercase in windows files and folders' names, but the filters will ignore the case of the characters (e.g. the ''*\mixed_case.txt'' filter would skip ''mixed_case.txt'', ''Mixed_Case.txt'', ''mixed_CASE.txt'', ...) | * you can use uppercase and lowercase in windows files and folders' names, but the filters will ignore the case of the characters (e.g. the ''*\mixed_case.txt'' filter would skip ''mixed_case.txt'', ''Mixed_Case.txt'', ''mixed_CASE.txt'', ...) | ||
| - | ==== Suggested filters when backing up your Home folder ==== | + | ==== Suggested filters when backing up your custom 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:\''... | + | //Custom 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 on ''C:\'', 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// | ||
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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** | ||
| + | === Finding and cleaning filtered items === | ||
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| + | The easiest way to clean the //Destination// folder is to open it with the file explorer and use the Search field. The screenshot below shows what you get when you look for ''cache''. You can then select all the ''cache'' folders and remove them (in this case, there were 12k files using 400+ Mb in the deleted folders). | ||
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| + | {{ :other:syncbackfree_030_notes.png?direct&500 }} | ||
| ===== Using groups of profiles ===== | ===== Using groups of profiles ===== | ||
other/win10_syncback.txt · Last modified: 2020/04/29 14:38 by jypeter
