Include Filter on GUI For a Range of Characters

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I’m trying to implement an include filter on a source directory.

My folder structure looks like this:

/path/
     Adirectory/
         file.txt
     Bdirectory/
         file2.txt
     Cdirectory/
         file3.txt

Using the GUI, I use include expression and put in /path/[A-B]* to try to include Adirectory and Bdirectory; however, no files are included in the backup. Could someone help me figure out how to format the include filter?

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You should be able to do this with a regular expression.

Depending on what version of Duplicati you are using, you may have trouble with the filter builder in the web UI (page 3 of your backup configuration). As a workaround try clicking the three-dot menu to the right of the “Filters” section and click “Edit as text”. Then in the text field add this include filter:

+[/path/[A-B].*]

The + means it’s an include expression, and putting square brackets around the filter indicates it’s a regular expression. I have used your example but added a missing dot in front of the asterisk.

Then click Next a couple times and Save your backup job and see if it works now.

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Ah thanks. That fixed it. It was my confusion between using the include expression vs include regular expression and the missing period.

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