I've been trying to assemble some filters to fine tune my copy operations to take as little time as possible. The usual target of these filters is a software development project. The directory structure contains a multitude of SVN folders and other assorted bits that I often do not want to copy.
I now have a couple filters that seem to do what I need, but I've noticed something that's a bit disconcerting when working on the filters. When using one of these filters in a copy operation, Opus appears to display the name of files and folders that the filter should be excluding from the copy operation. The files/folders do not actually get copied, but they are displayed in the status screen as if they were. My question is whether I'm correct on this or am I seeing things that aren't really there?
If I'm not seeing things, I wonder if it would be possible to apply the filter before the name of the file under consideration is displayed. Several times I've aborted the copy thinking that my filter wasn't working because I was pretty sure I saw displayed the names of files that should have been excluded.
It also appears that files excluded by the filter do not result in a decrement of the 'files remaining' count. I have about 5,000 files in one directory structure and about half of them are excluded by the filter. At the end of the copy operation the 'files remaining' count is still in the 2,500 range.
If my observations are correct, files under consideration are displayed before the filter is applied. If the file does not come out the other end of the filter, it is not decremented from the count of files remaining. The first may or may not be considered inappropriate behavior. I believe the second is incorrect regardless of one's position on the first.