{"id":72,"date":"2013-11-30T20:17:10","date_gmt":"2013-11-30T20:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.electrongoo.org\/?p=72"},"modified":"2016-02-13T16:30:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T16:30:31","slug":"how-to-exclude-specific-files-and-folders-from-scanning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/support.electrongoo.com\/?p=72","title":{"rendered":"How to exclude specific files and folders from scanning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nSnoop-de-dupe will automatically scan all files within the folders you select to watch for de-duplication.\u00a0 You can configure Snoop-de-dupe to exclude certain files or folders by name.\u00a0 You can also exclude files by minimum file size, maximum file size, and file attributes (e.g. hidden, system, read-only)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nSelect More Settings<\/a> from the lower-middle section of the main screen<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nSelect the Set Excluded Files link to open the set excluded settings dialog<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nEnter the name of one or more files\/folders that you want to exclude from de-duplication and press the Add button.\u00a0 To remove an exclude from the list, select the item and press the Delete button.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\nYou can use the following wildcard characters when declaring file and folder names:<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • ? = a single character<\/li>\n
  • * = any number of characters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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\"\"<\/td>\nEXAMPLES –<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • To exclude all files named folder.jpg, enter *\\folder.jpg<\/li>\n
  • To exclude all .ini files (such as desktop.ini), enter *.ini<\/li>\n
  • To exclude Bob’s entire user share, enter d:\\shares\\Users\\bob\\* OR *\\users\\bob\\*<\/li>\n
  • To exclude all doc files that begin with the name ted and end with two characters, enter *\\ted??.doc<\/li>\n
  • To exclude all folders named backup, enter *\\backup\\*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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\"\"<\/td>\nHINTS –<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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