ItemCount + Folder Exclusion

[armsys]

Is it impossible to hunt all folders with one (1) item but the respective path can't contain the "magazine" word (wildcard) anywhere?
Something like that: prop:#itemcount: 1 AND !(*\*magazine*\*)

[armsys]

Hello! Anybody home?

[admin]

Your search term is wrong, but it would not work even if it would be right. Bugs... ... I'm working it out right now...

[admin]

Next beta you do this:

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prop:#itemcount: 1 AND !path: magazine

Or better in this sequence -- likely to run faster since only items with path != magazine are content-counted (Boolean AND-optimization):

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path: != magazine AND prop:#itemcount: 1

This works the same:

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path: !magazine AND prop:#itemcount: 1

[armsys]

Your search term is wrong, but it would not work even if it would be right. Bugs... ... I'm working it out right now...

What a charming paradox!

Next beta you do this:
Or better in this sequence -- likely to run faster since only items with path != magazine are content-counted (Boolean AND-optimization)...

Stunning! Awesome! Faster than my typing.
I like you more than Captain America! Thanks Don!

[admin]

I like you more than Captain America! Thanks Don!

Just give me money, and it's okay.

[armsys]

An innocuous typo is accidentally discovered:
Original
//all items with folder "saturn" anywhere in the path

Perhaps Don's intended meaning:
//all items with folder "saturn" NOT anywhere in the path

[armsys]

Thanks for adding a time-saving Find Files feature.

[admin]

Perhaps Don's intended meaning:
//all items with folder "saturn" NOT anywhere in the path

Absolutely, I will fix it right now, thanks!

[armsys]

The following Find Files line (pattern) works fine:
*.txt & path: != \\fitness\\ & path: != \\assorted\\ & path: != \\$RECYCLE.BIN\\

Question:
How to combine \\fitness\\, \\assorted\\ and \\$RECYCLE.BIN\\?
Something like: path: != (\\fitness\\ | \\assorted\\ | \\$RECYCLE.BIN\\)

[admin]

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!(path:mars OR saturn OR merkur)

[armsys]

Yes, it works robustly as expected.

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*.txt & !(path:fitness OR assorted OR $RECYCLE.BIN)

I didn't know the syntax is possible. Thanks Don.

Edit (2015.09.15 Tue 03:10:27 PM HKT)
Applying Don's above-mentioned optimization, I "optimize" the pattern as follows:

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!(path:fitness OR assorted OR $RECYCLE.BIN) & *.txt

Thanks Don.

[armsys]

Houston, I have a problem!
Why would XY interpret the following 2 patterns differently?
!(path:planet | css) & *.epub
*.epub & !(path:planet | css)
Always the former fails (no items found) but the latter succeeds. But why?

I do set FindAllowMasterInvert=0.
It seems the negation (!) effect is still distributed and propagated throughout the entire pattern!

XY version: v15.70.0119

[highend]

http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=14557

[admin]

Tip: it's the "path:" prefix that is propagated...