Ignore Rules

This section documents the Ignore Rules section of the Internal Rules Editor

Ignore Rules allow you to define file and folder patterns that will be completely ignored by Dirk:

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When files or folders are ignored, they are not included in the snapshot that Dirk takes of the local storage when it performs a Synchronize operation. As a result, these ignored files will also be unavailable to any of the other types of Organization Rules.

Examples of Ignore Rules:

  • *.jpg: ignore all jpg files that are contained in the current folder or any of its subfolders

  • /*.jpg: ignore only the jpg files in the current folder. The leading slash indicates that only entries in the current folder should be ignored.

  • ignore*: ignore all files that start with ignore in the current folder or any of its subfolders

  • secret/**/*.doc: ignore all doc files located in any folder named ‘secret’ or any descendants of a folder named ‘secret’

  • secretfolder/: ignore all folders that are named secretfolder in the current folder or any of its subfolders. The trailing slash indicates that only folders with this name should be ignored.


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