Synchronize Filter. So close yet so far awy

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Firstly, want to point out that this is my first post. Love Opus. Love it! Just discovered Opus a few months ago and I cannot believe the tremendous efficiency boost. I cannot believe how long I put up with Windows Explorer.

On then, I've needed a solution for some time to synchronize the contents of my projects folder between my laptop & desktop for some time now. Low and behold, after months of using Opus I discovered the Synchronize panel. Opus program never ceases to amaze me!

However, the dream of easy file synchronization is not yet fufilled. The folder is incredibly large so after a few attempts I decided that the synchrnoize process is just to long for it to be an effective method of doing this.

So rather than all my project files I will settle for just the project notes. Which are just text filles and OpenOffice documents: .odt

So great, I can open the synchronization panel and punch in the .odt file extension, run the synch and it should be way faster since I'm only doing text files.

However, the filter is not applied. I punched in .odt with the settings in the screenshot attached but it still tries to copy all the files.

Do I have to define a filter? How can I set this up so it only synchs the text files, any suggestions are appreciated.

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Type *.odt instead of .odt

If this is something you do a lot you might want to look at making a button to do it in one click using the Copy command and a saved filter. I used to do that to backup my source-code in a single click without having to navigate anywhere or set up the sync dialog.

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Thank-you, that does the trick, however - your copy filter method is going to be a better solution. The compare/synch process just takes waaaaaay to long with the amount of files I have in this folder.

Can you post a link or a quick tutorial on setting up a custom button that uses the Copy command and saved filter. Thanks.

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Toolbars 1 (video tutorial) in the tutorials forum will get you up to speed on creating buttons.

You can define filters via Preferences -> File Operations -> Filters.

The basic command is simply:

Copy FILTER="My Filter Name"

If you want the copy to use the Update-All functionality or not prompt you about overwriting files then see the Opus Raw Commands section of the manual for a description of all the arguments you can give the Copy command.