Excluding Content
Learn about options for excluding content from transfers
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Learn about options for excluding content from transfers
The default behavior of Movebot is to migrate all compatible files and folders from the source to the destination. This behavior can be overridden by using content exclusion rules.
Content exclusion rules can be defined on the project or individual transfer levels.
Project-level exclusion rules will apply to all migrations in a project. Administrators can define these in the project settings under Rules.
Select "Ignored Files" to choose relevant folders/files you want to exclude. When selecting a folder, all subfolders will also be excluded from transfers.
Exclusion rules are also available at the Transfer level. Rules defined at this level are in addition to rules set at the project level.
At the project level, there is also the option for explicit inclusion. Defining rules here will exclude all content except content that matches the rule set.
Explicit inclusion rules are also useful for carving up your project into chunks by file types or size.
When this transfer-level default option remains checked, Movebot will ignore subfolders that are mapped within the same project. The intent is to stop the same folder from being transferred multiple times to avoid creating duplicate content at the destination.
If you intentionally want to transfer a folder to multiple locations, you will need to uncheck this option.
Available Rule Types
Files older than
Only match files that are older than
Files modified before timestamp
Only match files modified before the defined unix timestamp
File size greater than
Only match files with a size greater than
File/Folder name matches
Only match files with the following name. This field supports unix style wildcards
Path matches
Only match files with the following path. Requires a unix style wildcard to start eg */D:/Documents
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