Exclusion Masks not working

[DaF]

I'm using SFFS version 4.91a build 328 on OS X 10.6.3.

I have a NAS which is mounted as /Volumes/PUBLIC which I sync to an external drive on my MAC mounted as /Volumes/My Book/eTRAYz. All files except those in 2 subfolders called /Volumes/PUBLIC/Test/Archive and /Volumes/PUBLIC/Test/DVD-Archive need to be copied to the right-hand side.

My exclusion mask field contains the following entries:

/Test/Archive;
/Test/DVD-Archive;
/Volumes/PUBLIC/Test/Archive;
/Volumes/PUBLIC/Test/Archive/*;
Test/DVD-Archive

None of these lines work as the whole left-hand side gets copied onto the right-hand side including these folders. It is my understanding that I should either use absolute paths like /Volumes/PUBLIC/Test/Archive or relative paths like test/DVD-Archive.
What am I doing wrong? Is there a syntax error or a logical error on my side?

I'd more than willing to use a test/beta version and report back any issues. Thanks.

Regards
Daniel

[superflexible]

Hello,
I will check it. In the meantime, the most efficient way to exclude these is to simply type:
Archive
DVD-Archive
The only drawback is that these folders will be excluded anywhere, not just the specific paths that you mentioned. But maybe you can try it and let me know if this works.

[DaF]

Thanks for your speedy response.

It actually works as suggested by you. I've added a *.ripping line to avoid currently being ripped DVDs with a temp folder name from being copied as well. This also works which is great.

The status window which counts the files includes an ignored section. The overview window with the actual files which will be copied does not seem to include a view for ignored files. Could that be added somehow? Thanks.

[superflexible]

You can see ignored files via the menu button in the sync preview.

[superflexible]

The new version 4.92 fixes the processing of exclusion masks that contain a slash (i.e. paths).

I have also updated the instructions. Paths should now always start with a slash and always be relative to the profile's base path. So in your example, the following should work:

/Test/Archive
/Test/DVD-Archive

Of course you can still specify only
Archive; DVD-Archive

which excludes these folders whereever they might appear.