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To Quickly Merge-Copy Selected Files and Folders
Select the Files and then Open the Merge Dialog
This action is applied to selected files and folders. If no folders or files have been selected the menu command will be unavailable.
Select Actions | Backup if Newer... or (Ctrl+Shift+F7) from the main menu to open the Merge dialog.
Merge Selected Files/Folders To...
Information on the Selected Files to be Copied
Source Files
For easy reference this area displays information about the selected files that FileBoss will attempt to copy, move or update.
Top Level:
The Top Level section shows how many folders and files will be copied directly to the destination folder. All other folders and files will be copied below one of the top level folders (or sub-folders of a top level folder)
File Patterns (Include or Exclude)
Enter the names or name patterns of files and folders you want included in the search.
Leaving the field empty is the same as specifing a single asterisk '*' or the traditional '*.*' meaning include all files.
Multiple File Patterns
Separate multiple patterns with the bar character '|'.
Wildcards in File Patterns
The common wildcard characters '*' and '?' can be used when specifing groups of file to be inclucded.
The entry *.tmp | *.bak | ~* will find all files with the extension tmp and bak as well as all files begining with the tilde character '~'.
Exluding Files and Groups of Files
Specific files and groups of files can be excluded from the search by preceding the files with a minus sign, '-'. If the name actually begins with a minus sign, simply put another in front of it, e.g. --notations.txt.
To create a Virtual Folder that includes all files except temporary and backup files you could enter
-*.tmp | -*.bak | -~*
(Note that there is no *.* or just * in the beginning. Remember that if there is no include specification then *.* (all) is assumed.
For example the these two patterns are equivalent: -*.zip and *.* | -*.zip (include all files except those with the zip extension).
User Defined & Default Patterns
While the drop down list box will remember the most recently used patterns, even when FileBoss is closed, you can use predefined
Ref: HIDD_COPY_FILES_MERGE
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