Exclude folders

Wishlist - CB
1

Please provide a mechanism to exclude folders. The old checkbox mechanism worked. Or you could add something similar to the “exclude files filter”, by providing an “exclude folder filter”.

The business case for this requirement is: For example I have a MyMusic is a folder in MyDocuments. I want to include all of the MyDocuments folder (including any new subfolders created after the backup job), however I want to exclude all files in the MyMusic folder from the backup. However I do want to backup the MP3s in the “MyDocuments/MySonsGraduationSpeach” folder. This could be required to fit into a 5GB or 250GB limit for online backup. There is no way I can do that now in 4.1.4.

This omission is preventing me from rolling Comodo Backup out to many of my clients.

Thanks.

2

The feature will be reintroduced starting with CB 4.2.2 version.

Thanks

3

Yes please!

And better, let us allow to define a filter using * and ? multiple times in the same definition. I think it’s time to get rid of the old DOS way of specifying a filter. After all, we have files named with multiple dots now…

And for God’s sake, fix the filtering routine to be case-insensitive !!!
Also, the specifying of folder filters needs an overhaul. I suggest adding a \ at the end to signify that it’s a folder to filter out.

For example, say I have a hierarchy like the following:

+- C:\
|  +- UPPERCASE
|  |  +- BIN
|  |  |  +- file1.exe
|  |  |  +- file2.exe
|  |  +- FILE1.txt.bak
|  |  +- FILE1.txt
|  |  +- OTHER.TXT
|  |
|  +- lowercase
|  |  +- bin
|  |  |  +- file1.exe
|  |  |  +- File4.exe
|  |  +- file1.txt.bak
|  |  +- file1.txt
|  |  +- file4.txt
|  |  +- Other.DOC
|  |
|  +- MIxeD
|  |  +- Bin
|  |  |  +- file1.dump
|  |  +- file4.bak
|  |
|  +- bin       <-- It is a file, not a folder ;)
|  +- bin.out
|  +- data.txt

For an exclude filter defined as: bin
The backup should not have
- C:\UPPERCASE\BIN\file1.exe
- C:\UPPERCASE\BIN\file2.exe
- C:\lowercase\bin\file1.exe
- C:\lowercase\bin\File4.exe
- C:\MIxeD\Bin\file1.dump

For an exclude filter defined as: bin
The backup should not have
- C:\bin

For an exclude filter defined as: *case
The backup should not have
- C:\UPPERCASE\BIN\file1.exe
- C:\UPPERCASE\BIN\file2.exe
- C:\UPPERCASE\FILE1.txt.bak
- C:\UPPERCASE\FILE1.txt
- C:\UPPERCASE\OTHER.TXT
- C:\lowercase\bin\file1.exe
- C:\lowercase\bin\File4.exe
- C:\lowercase\file1.txt.bak
- C:\lowercase\file1.txt
- C:\lowercase\file4.txt
- C:\lowercase\Other.DOC

For an exclude filter defined as: *.txt
The backup should not have
- C:\UPPERCASE\FILE1.txt
- C:\UPPERCASE\OTHER.TXT
- C:\lowercase\file1.txt
- C:\lowercase\file4.txt
- C:\data.txt
Note that files having the .txt.bak extension are not excluded. To exclude them the filter would need to be .txt.

For an exclude filter defined as: *.txt
The backup should not have
- C:\data.txt
Note that other .txt files are not excluded since the \ in the filter specify from the root of the source.

For an exclude filter defined as: **.txt
The backup should not have
- C:\UPPERCASE\FILE1.txt
- C:\UPPERCASE\OTHER.TXT
- C:\lowercase\file1.txt
- C:\lowercase\file4.txt
Note that C:\data.txt is not filtered out since it is not in a subfolder…

For an exclude filter defined as: ***.txt
The backup should not exclude anything since there are no .txt files in subfolders of the specified depth.

For an exclude filter defined as: case**4
The backup should not have
- C:\lowercase\bin\File4.exe
Note that the . is not really needed as the * includes it in this case. Also note that the filter does not exclude C:\lowercase\file4.txt since it is not in a subfolder as required by the filter.

I think you get the idea. :wink: