Exclude option not working

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Ok given your hints, including the entire filters discussion in the manual, I tried using the GUI to “Exclude directories whose names contain” and I specified “temp”. Ie:

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Selecting “Edit as text” (the 3 dots menu upper right) for that gives (note the BACKslash):

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Then I exported command line and got (note, again, the BACKslash):

--exclude="*temp*\\"

So, I think you’ve hit the nail (both nails) on the head.

  1. Use backslash for windows
  2. To match dirs, must end with slash (backslash)

(BTW, quote from Manual - Filters - Syntax: “Folder names always end with a slash / on Linux or Mac and a backslash \ on Windows. For instance, log is a file, log/ is a folder.” So, yeah, that one sentence would have corrected both my mistakes. Read That Fine Manual indeed)

Thanks so much!

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