Folder (Configuration - Ignore Options)
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The Folder branch under Configuration - Ignore Options has the following options:

 

Ignore folders/file types

The Ignore folders/file types entry field allows users to add a semi-colon delimited list of folders, files, and file extensions to be ignored in Folder Compare Mode.  For example, a user may enter ‘CVS’ and any time the file or folder CVS is located in a folder it will be ignored when executing and displaying a folder compare.  

 

Users may also enter an absolute path to a file/folder to be ignored.  An asterisk (*) can be used as a wild card.  In order to ignore all files of a particular type the asterisk will be used with the file extension.  For example, a user may enter the line ‘*.txt;*.php;*.asm’ and the file extensions .txt, .php, and .asm will be ignored when executing and displaying a folder compare.

 

Ignore timestamp differences

This option instructs the compare to ignore the file/folder timestamps when identifying differences in the active files/folders.  This setting is only available for folder mode compares when the Basic compare method is selected as the Full and Smart methods must check size and timestamp of files in order to function properly.