Excluding files and folders from Delta File Transfer

You can prevent files and folders from being included in Delta File Transfer. Some types of files are excluded by default because they do not benefit from Delta File Transfer.

Files and folders that are excluded from Delta File Transfer are compressed with standard compression. However, you can prevent files and folders from being compressed by setting a global exclude for compression.

See Excluding files and folders from compression.

To exclude files and folders from Delta File Transfer

  1. On the Tools menu, click Global Excludes.

  2. On the Delta File Transfer tab, do any of the following:

    • To exclude files greater than a specific size from Delta File Transfer, check the Exclude all files greater than check box, and then enter a size in KB.

    • To exclude files smaller than a specific size from Delta File Transfer, check the Exclude all files less than check box, and then enter a size in KB.

    • To add a new Delta File Transfer global exclude, click Add, and then configure as follows:

      Filter

      The filter determines which files or folders are excluded from Delta File Transfer by the global exclude. Filters can be file names, wildcards, or macros.

      Examples:

      Wildcard: *.tmp

      File name: pagefile.sys

      Macro: %WINDIR%

      When using wildcards, you must use the asterisk (*) wildcard. For example, *.tmp returns all results with the .tmp extension while .tmp returns only files explicitly named .tmp.

      Description

      Type a description of the global exclude.

      Apply to

      Indicate whether this global exclude should apply to files, folders, or both files and folders.

  3. Click OK.

    See About Delta File Transfer.