When you create a File Collaboration, File Synchronization, or File Replication job, you can select existing file and folder filters to apply to the job or you can create new file filters and apply them to the job. This Preferences page lists the existing file and folder filters. From this page, you can view, create, edit, and delete file filters. However, you cannot edit or delete a file filter while it is applied to a job. See File and Folder Filters in the Basic Concepts section for more information about file and folder filters.
To create a file and folder filter:
1.Select Preferences from the Window menu.
2.Expand Collab, Sync, and Replication in the navigation tree, and then select File and Folder Filters.
Any existing file filters are listed in the File and Folder Filters table.
3.Click Create.
4.Enter a unique name for the filter.
5.Select the filter type.
6.(Optional) Click Add to enter a filter pattern for files that you want excluded from the job. Repeat to add more filter patterns.
See Defining Filter Patterns for information about filter patterns.
7.(Optional) Click Add to enter a filter pattern for files that you want included in the job. Repeat to add more filter patterns.
8.(Optional) Select a value for Included Last Modified Dates.
Note: A filter cannot use Included Last Modified Dates in conjunction with any other excluded or included patterns.
9.(Optional) Select a value for Excluded File Sizes. Note: This cannot be combined with any other filter criteria
Note: A filter cannot use Excluded File Sizes in conjunction with any other excluded or included patterns.
10.Click Apply and Close or Apply.
The new file filter is listed in the File and Folders Filters table and can now be applied to jobs.