Sync Folder - General tab

Description

Folder(s)

Folder name or path where files are located on the host.

Browse button is not available if the source uses an FTP or SSH host with Blind Downloads enabled.

For all host types

Macros are allowed in this field. Wildcards (*) are permitted.

For Filesystem, MOVEit Transfer, FTP, and SSH hosts

Note: Do not use a wildcard (* or **) in the first position of the path.

Example of *

/home/jal/data*/reports matches any folder named reports that is a direct subfolder of a folder whose name starts with data and is a subfolder of /home/jal.

• The following folders match:
  /home/jal/data/reports
/home/jal/dataaccounts/reports .
• The following folder does not match:
  /home/jal/reports

MOVEit Automation specific wildcard operator ** matches any number of intermediate subfolders. A trailing ** means the same as checking Include Subdirectories

Example of **

/home/jal/**/reports matches any folder named reports that is a direct or indirect subfolder of jal.

• The following folders match: /home/jal/**/reports:
/home/jal/data1/2005/07/reports
/home/jal/2005/reports
/home/jal/reports
• The following folders do not match /home/jal/**/reports:
  /home/jal/2005/report1
/home/jal/2005/reports/mydata
  
  Note: The folder /home/jal/2005/reports/mydata would match if Search Subdirectories was checked.

Folders checkboxes

• Ignore folders

If checked, optionally specify a folder mask.

Folder masks must reflect folder names, not full or relative folder paths. The folder masks match against the names of subfolders in the current folder being searched.

To specify multiple folders, use a semicolon (;) separated list with no spaces.

Macros are allowed in this field.

• Search subdirectories

Searches subdirectories of the specified folder (as well as the folder itself) according to the specified file mask.

If not checked, the sync task copies subfolders that are located one level below the specified folders, but does not pick up any files or subfolders in those subfolders.

File(s)

The filename or filemask used to select files on the remote host. Macros are allowed in this field.

Note: When Collect only new files is selected, if you change the filemask on an existing source, doing so could cause old files to be downloaded from the source host. File collection timestamps are stored by filemask internally in MOVEit Automation. Changing the filemask negates existing timestamps.

Files checkboxes

• Ignore file(s)

Select and specify the files to ignore. Macros are allowed in this field.

• Special filters

Specifies files based on size and date/time of last modification. Select, then click Edit to specify filter criteria. Choose to match any or all criteria.

Note: If you set a special filter, the synchronization considers only those items that match the filter. For example, if the filter specifies > 100MB, the only things that the sync considers are those larger than 100 MB.