Syncthing for windows ignore list clarification requried

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I just set up Syncthing on 2 Windows servers for our mail system, ‘mail1’ (secondary WAN) and ‘mail2’ (primary LAN). All is working well. However, I’m hesitant to use the ignore list as there may be issues/limitations with the Windows version. I Want to seek clarification.

I wish to ignore the below (in Windows format); these are the rules I plan to put in place on the ‘mail2’ primary server) so ‘mail1’ can be configured slightly differently.

MDaemon\Backup (the entire directory)
MDaemon\App\MDaemon.ini (specific file in only)
MDaemon\App\*.exe (all .exe in a specific directory)
MDaemon\App\*.dll (all .dll in a specific directory)
MDaemon\App\Learn.bat (specific file in a specific directory)
MDaemon\App\INSTALL.LOG (specific file in a specific directory)

Does this look sensible?

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The ignore list looks good (of course, assuming that the text in brackets is only here for explanation and not in the actual ignore patterns :wink:).

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Looks fine to me, too. There are only minor Windows-specific caveats in the ignore documentation: Windows matches are always case-insensitive, and escaped characters are not supported in Windows.

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Thanks, we can assume :slight_smile:

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Another clarification, if possible, I would like to have a specific file copied across from an excluded directory. Is this possible, and if not, is there a reasonable workaround?

\LocalData (Ignore this directory)
!\LocalData\LocalData.ini (but do not ignore this file, e.g copy)
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You need to switch the order though. First match wins, so the negated line needs to stand before the one ignoring its parent directory.

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Ahh, that makes sense; ladder logic, thank you.

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