Copy only a particular file type
MWorthington :
Nov 28, 2020
Hi Alex,
I am using a backup job with "Destination As Source & Selected Folders". This works fine when I simply "Start with an empty list" and select the relevant folder.
However, I only want to copy .thm files, and expect this process to create the folder structure in which these .thm files exist.
I read
https://bvckup2.com/support/forum/topic/972 and applied this. However, I edit the backup job's settings.ini file to set
conf.filters.src.default.is_final 1
(with Bvckup closed) but it's not remembered. The next time I run Bvckup, this reverts to 0 and the job copies all .thm files from the parent folder.
I think I'm missing something!
Regards,
Mark
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Alex Pankratov :
Nov 29, 2020
Mark, try adding the override this way -
https://bvckup2.com/support/forum/topic/11402
MWorthington :
Nov 30, 2020
Thanks, Alex, I will look into this!
Mark
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MWorthington :
Nov 30, 2020
For got to say, sholuld this link be added to the Including/excluding files and folders post
https://bvckup2.com/support/forum/topic/972 ?
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Alex Pankratov :
Nov 30, 2020
Good idea, thanks. Added.
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MWorthington :
Nov 30, 2020
Hi Alex,
Right, I created the override.ini file (also adding "Excluding empty folders" ref
https://bvckup2.com/support/forum/topic/617, which itself references using the override.ini file!). I have set up "Destination As Source".
My source is D:\Media, Start with an empty list, select the folder "D:\Media\Cycling" (which has 39 .thm files). Target is a folder "D:\jAlbum\Input\!\" with one pre-existing sub folder.
I run the job, and those 39 files in their respective folders are copied. No empty folders, and the pre-existing folder/files are untouched.
I then deselected "D:\Media\Cycling" and chose "D:\Media\Cycling\Early Years" which has 2 .thm files.
I deleted the previously created "D:\jAlbum\Input\!\Cycling" folder, and run the job. I expect to see "D:\jAlbum\Input\!\Cycling\Early Years" with 2 ,thm files.
However, nothing is copied. It seems only to work for first-level folders.
Regards,
Mark
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Alex Pankratov :
Dec 01, 2020
I can't reproduce this.
Here are the overrides I have -
conf.filters.src.default.is_final 1
conf.scanning.skip_empty_folders 1
conf.filters.dst.as_source 1
The source
.\Cycling\
.\Cycling\Folder\4.xyz
.\Cycling\Folder\5.xyz
.\Cycling\1.xyz
.\Cycling\2.xyz
.\Cycling\3.xyz
The destination
.\Somefolder\somefile.txt
Run #1 - In Backup What, select "Start with an empty list", select "Cycling", do nothing else, the list at the bottom is empty. Run the job, see Cycling appear in its entirety. Somefolder remains.
Run #2 - Delete Cycling from destination. In Backup What, uncheck "Cycling", check "Folder", OK the changes. The log says "Forcing destination rescan". Run the job. Destination gets
.\Cycling\Folder\4.xyz
.\Cycling\Folder\5.xyz
Somefolder remains. I.e. it works as expected.
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MWorthington :
Dec 01, 2020
Alex,
Thanks for your prompt reply. Even though I'm watching my own thread, I'm not getting email notifications .... let's see if anything pops up from this one.
Yes, it would seem to work as expected! I will experiment further , tonight (and maybe update the conf.filters.dst.as_source 1 method into the overrides.ini, just for completeness and continuity in my backup jobs).
Cheers,
Mark
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Alex Pankratov :
Dec 01, 2020
You need to check "New posts in watched topics" under "Email notifications" here -
https://bvckup2.com/support/forum/account9
MWorthington :
Dec 01, 2020
mmmm, must have turned this off .... thanks for the pointer!
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MWorthington :
Dec 01, 2020
Alex,
I've sent you an email ....
Cheers,
Mark
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MWorthington :
Dec 01, 2020
In the meantime, my particular backup job extracted & copied 2965 .thm files in 553 folders, as part of a web album build process. Wow, I never thought I could use Bvckup to help me in this way! :)