tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347235826061875757.post4877958111551748053..comments2022-03-29T19:11:20.018+11:00Comments on bonkey: Using searches to backup filesbonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751075340848661209noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347235826061875757.post-74174422218145896362009-10-01T12:19:37.369+10:002009-10-01T12:19:37.369+10:00Thanks! That seems to work by finding all files t...Thanks! That seems to work by finding all files that don't start with a . but does include the files within directories that start with a .<br /><br />regex is beyond me, so I don't even know where to start to tell it to exclude the contents of directories that start with a . and files that start with a .<br /><br />thanks for the help though...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07410496856579011011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347235826061875757.post-13106039209073852712009-09-30T16:43:08.612+10:002009-09-30T16:43:08.612+10:00That will also exclude files that are in folders t...That will also exclude files that are in folders that start with ., I believe. Test it out.bonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02751075340848661209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347235826061875757.post-71841150630930797712009-09-30T16:41:40.965+10:002009-09-30T16:41:40.965+10:00John,
You can find a tutorial on Java regex's...John,<br /><br />You can find a tutorial on Java regex's here: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/regex/. It's quite short - you can skip the parts on how to use the classes.<br /><br />Here's a regular expression that I think should get every file that doesn't start with a .: ^[^\.].*bonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02751075340848661209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5347235826061875757.post-61632348847656148062009-09-30T11:49:55.674+10:002009-09-30T11:49:55.674+10:00i'm not fluent in regex.. any way to get some ...i'm not fluent in regex.. any way to get some examples? I'd love to have an exclude list, like every file that starts with a . for example.<br /><br />Or a search example that says every file BUT the following...<br /><br />Is that possible? Great program BTW, thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07410496856579011011noreply@blogger.com