Backup images but exclude some folders

[kiwichick]

I'd like to create a backup (or sync if that is more appropriate) of images in a series of folders while maintaining the folder structure - except for folders named subs (which don't contain any images). I've got the following code to work for backing up the images but I can't figure out how to exclude the subs folders. Is it possible?

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backupto "Z:\delee\Pictures\_Media Artwork\test", "Q:\ABBA DVDs, Documentaries, etc", "2", "1", "0", "0", "0", "0", "1", "*.jpg|*.jpeg|*.png", "2";

[highend]

You can exclude files in \subs but not creating the folder in the target location itself:
"*.jpg|*.jpeg|*.png|-*\subs\*"

You could create a file list list first and exclude the folders there and use that for the source though...

[kiwichick]

"*.jpg|*.jpeg|*.png|-*\subs\*"

Thanks but it didn't work. I still get an empty subs folder.

[highend]

Read my post again?

[kiwichick]

but not creating the folder in the target location itself

Am I misunderstanding what that means?

[highend]

You will get the \subs folder, create a file list first (with \subs excluded) and supply that to the backupto command
E.g.:

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    $source = "Q:\ABBA DVDs, Documentaries, etc";
    $items  = quicksearch("*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.png", $source, , "s");
    $result = writefile("%TEMP%\source.txt", formatlist($items, "f", <crlf>, "!*\subs\*"), , "tu");
    backupto "Z:\delee\Pictures\_Media Artwork\test", "*%TEMP%\source.txt", "2", "1", "0", "0", "0", "0", "1", , "2";

[kiwichick]

You will get the \subs folder, create a file list first (with \subs excluded) and supply that to the backupto command
E.g.:

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    $source = "Q:\ABBA DVDs, Documentaries, etc";
    $items  = quicksearch("*.jpg;*.jpeg;*.png", $source, , "s");
    $result = writefile("%TEMP%\source.txt", formatlist($items, "f", <crlf>, "!*\subs\*"), , "tu");
    backupto "Z:\delee\Pictures\_Media Artwork\test", "*%TEMP%\source.txt", "2", "1", "0", "0", "0", "0", "1", , "2";

That gave me no folders at all - not even the source folder (ABBA DVDs, Documentaries, etc). I think maybe I left out information that would make things clearer. The folder structure is like this:

Q:
  ABBA DVDs, Documentaries, etc
    ABBA The Movie (1977)
      subs
      backdrop.jpg
      folder.png
      logo.png
    The Golden Years (2007)
      subs
      folder.jpg
      backdrop.png

I want the folder structure to be maintained but without subs.

[admin]

Try this: "*.jpg|*.jpeg|*.png|-subs\"

[highend]

It doesn't work, @Don

Then (if this shouldn't get fixed) do it the easy way?

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    $dst = "Z:\delee\Pictures\_Media Artwork\test";
    setting "BackgroundFileOps", 0;
    backupto $dst, "Q:\ABBA DVDs, Documentaries, etc", "2", "1", "0", "0", "0", "0", "1", "*.jpg|*.jpeg|*.png", "2";
    delete 1, 0, quicksearch("*\subs* /d", $dst);

[admin]

It doesn't work ... how?

[highend]

Nothing at all will be copied^^
The only thing that happens is that the destination folder will be created

Script to replicate:

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    $dst = "C:\Temp\dst";
    $src = "C:\Temp\src";
    new("$src\subs", "dir");
    new("$src\a.jpg", "file");
    new("$src\subs\b.jpg", "file");
    backupto $dst, $src, "2", "1", "0", "0", "0", "0", "1", "*.jpg|*.jpeg|*.png|-subs\", "2";

Do it with

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backupto $dst, $src, "2", "1", "0", "0", "0", "0", "1", "*.jpg|*.jpeg|*.png|-*\subs\*", "2";

and it still creates the \subs folder but at least doesn't copy over the .jpg file from that folder

[admin]

Interesting case!

1) SC backupto is the wrong choice here because the source parameter expects an item or a list of items which are then checked against the filter, not a folder whose contents are checked against the filter.

2) SC sync is the right choice, but it has a bug in the filter (as old as the filter parameter itself!) which makes it fail at the OP's task as well. It will be fixed in the next beta:

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    ! SC backupto, SC sync: The "filter" parameter excluded all subfolders if it contained 
      any file patterns. Fixed. Now, for example, the filter "*.bas|*.ini|*.txt|-appdata\" 
      only allows BAS, INI, and TXT files to pass through, as well as all folders except 
      those called "appdata", just as expected.

After the fix is uploaded, this should work for the OP:

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sync "Q:\ABBA DVDs, Documentaries, etc", "Z:\delee\Pictures\_Media Artwork\test", 1, 0, 0, "bckn", 7:="*.jpg|*.jpeg|*.png|-subs\";

[kiwichick]

After the fix is uploaded, this should work for the OP:

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sync "Q:\ABBA DVDs, Documentaries, etc", "Z:\delee\Pictures\_Media Artwork\test", 1, 0, 0, "bckn", 7:="*.jpg|*.jpeg|*.png|-subs\";

Thank you so much, Don. That works great. I tweaked the code so that the target folder was named the same as the source folder (ie: ABBA DVDs, Documentaries, etc) and now it's perfect.