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I am trying to imagine how FFS (or any other sync tool, for that matter) would be able to decide which (new) files to include and which to exclude, if not based on common characteristics like file extension or (part of the) path or filename. But thus far I have not been able to come with anything. ...

I am trying to imagine how FFS (or any other sync tool, for that matter) would be able to decide which (new) files to include and which to exclude, if not based on common characteristics like file extension or (part of the) path or filename. But thus far I have not been able to come with anything. ...

Whitelisting sound synonymous to listing in the FFS Include Filter (instead of using the default Include Filter entry * (=everything)). But from your posting it seems you tried that and it does not work for you (or you did not make optimal use of the benefit of using wildcards in your filter rules)...

I have many software folders which I want to backup some config files and database generated by user, but exclude all software files itself (which I can easily download again if lost) The problem is, I don't see a white list backup mode? If I set a "include *" filter and exclude software f...