silsurf Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 I just bought an external for the sole purpose of doing a complete backup of my startup volume, but I want to exclude my downloads folder as there are gigs of data in there I do not to keep backed up. Is there a trick to creating an excluded folder in a storage set? I have tried numerous times and Retrospect just keeps making copies. thanks for any help. Henry Retrospect 5.1.175 OS X 1.3.8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Hi You can create a selector that will exclude the folder name you specify. Thanks Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silsurf Posted March 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Nothing worse than a poorly stated query. Thanks for the response. What I did not make clear is that I have used the: automate->scripts->edit->exclude to where it reads my parameters correctly: "selecting exclude names contains "blahblahblah" folder" But when I run retrospect it just ignore this attribute adn copies all the files. This has happened to me the three or four times I have tried to create an "exclude" folder. All thoughts appreciated. Henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Hi Go to special->selectors in Retrospect, open up the selector you created and run the "check selector" feature from the "selector" menu at the top of the screen. This will tell you if the selector is working the way you want it to. Selectors are maddeningly logical. Even the slightest mistake and they won't work. Thanks Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silsurf Posted April 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 I think it is working. It takes awhile to check as it seems the only way is to run either the script or "check selector", either way it has to scan my entire drive. I used the "enclosing folder" and "match" instead of "contains" for the parameters. For such a repsected(sic) program one would think issues like this would have a more graceful solution. IMHO Henry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Hi Selectors are very powerful and as a result very complex. You might want to use the label selectors for an easier solution. Thanks Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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