Request: select file by path with wildcard

[pixelb]

Original issue 41 created by pixelb on 2009-09-25T09:29:12.000Z:

OS: Ubuntu 8.10 2.6.27-14-generic recent FSlint version unknown since no 'Info' dialog available

Request: Please add wildcard selection of file by path.

Current situation: Currently, the filter is applied only to the filename.

Problem: I have to merge several filesystems of which one has been used as backup, inconsistently. So I have mostly the same data in different directory trees, but some of the structure / files have been changed. A first step in merging is to remove the duplicates in a specific directory tree.

[pixelb]

Comment #1 originally posted by pixelb on 2009-09-25T09:30:00.000Z:

Sorry, this is not a defect but a request for enhancement.

[pixelb]

Comment #2 originally posted by pixelb on 2009-09-29T12:05:23.000Z:

The filter is actually applied to the whole path.

Note in future versions I'm looking to improve the directory merging functionality by using the specified directories as a list to merge, giving priority to dirs specified first

[pixelb]

(originally posted by xnicholas)

The filter is not applied to whole path. Not as of 2.42 on ubuntu english.

this is a HIGHLY needed priority.

[pixelb]

Yes, path matching rules are mentioned in the FAQ: http://fslint.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/doc/FAQ

I guess I should make this more obvious somehow.

[naught101]

Maybe it would be good to have a short description below the wildcard box in the pop-up?

Actually, I think the FAQ doesn't mention this. It only mentions how to exclude a whole path. https://github.com/pixelb/fslint/blob/master/doc/FAQ