Exclusions

File Director keeps all files in sync, regardless of age, type, or size. You may want to tailor what gets synced, saving network bandwidth and storage.

You can define exclusions for File Director Mac to exclude files and file types from being uploaded.

The exclusions use the same "language" as the exclusions for the File Director Windows client:

<Rule name> = <expression>

<expresssion> = [ext=<extension>]

[filePath=<regex String>]

[size>=<number in bytes>|<number + unit (B,kB,MB,GB,TB)>]

[<Rule name> AND <Rule name>]

[<Rule name> OR <Rule name>]

Rule syntax has been relaxed slightly:

• Whitespace around the operators are now ignored.

• Extensions can be specified with or without leading dot.

• Sizes can be specified using units.

See Examples for clarity.

Examples

Rule Syntax

filePath:

filePath = (^|\\/)\\.DS_Store$

Is equivalent to

filePath=(^|\\/)\\.DS_Store$

as well as the old format

filePath= (^|\\/)\\.DS_Store$

RuleName:

ext=iso

Is equivalent to

ext = iso

and

ext= .iso

Size:

size>=100000000

Is equivalent to

size>= 100000000

and also equivalent to

size>=100MB

Exclude ISO files

defaults write com.ivanti.filedirector exclusionRule -dict-add "extensionISO" "ext= .iso"

For more information on Windows exclusions, see Exclusions, electives and overrides in the File Director Windows Client help.

Default exclusions

Certain files and folders are excluded by default to save resources, for example:

Related topics

Disk access permissions

AdminConfig.sh file

Basic configuration

Folder settings

UI settings

Application settings