Excluding paths from filters

[Black Dog]

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Find files: General

General
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New: Include/Exclude certain directories in the search.
Examples:
*.ini | windows\ finds all ini files except those in directories called "Windows" and their subdirs.

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So I made a filter ("G:" is my CD-ROM drive):

General
Search for: *.* | G:\
Advanced
A&ttributes: [x]&Read only

And the question is: why this filter works on "G:\"?

BTW, these fields are disabled in "Define colors by file type | Specify file type | Define selection" (i.e. can't be used in color filters):

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And the question is: why?[/face]

[Hacker]

Maybe because G:\ is not a "dir" but a "drive"?

HTH
Roman

[jb]

TC is quite restrictive regarding directory filters.

The following examples do not work (cannot exclude any directory):
*.* | G:\
*.* | G:\Tmp\
*.* | Tmp\MyTmp\

The following examples work (can exclude directories):
*.* | Tmp\
*.* | *Tmp\

It seems that TC checks whether a token ends with \. If it does then the rest of the token is considered as pattern for directory names, otherwise the token is considered as pattern for file names.

Unfortunately TC does not check whether a pattern is valid or not.
Example:
*Tmp\ specifies a valid directory name pattern.
Tmp\MyTmp\ specfies an invalid directory name pattern because directory names cannot contain a backslash.

[ghisler(Author)]

Currently TC only excludes directories relative to the current path, not absolute dirs or multiple levels deep.