Folder Compare Other Filters

Session > Session Settings > Other Filters

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You can exclude files from a folder session based on criteria other than their names.

To filter by date:

1.Select Date from the list of filter types.
2.If Use days ago is enabled, filters will be the number of whole days relative to 12:00AM on the date when the comparison is run.  If it is disabled, filters will use absolute dates and times.
3.Enable Exclude files that are older than or Exclude files that are newer than to define a filter.  Enable both to include files within a range of dates.

To filter by size:

1.Select Size from the list of filter types.
2.Enable Exclude files that are smaller than or Exclude files that are larger than to define a filter.  Enable both to include files within a range of sizes.

To filter by DOS attributes:

1.Select DOS attributes from the list of filter types.
2.Select the options you want to control exclusion.  Exclude protected operating system files is enabled by default.

To filter by source control status:

1.Select Source control status from the list of filter types.
2.Select the options you want to control exclusion.

To filter by text content:

3.Select Text content from the list of filter types.
4.Select the options you want to define the text search.  If a match can't be found in a file, it will be excluded.

Note  When any of the above filters is in effect, a comment bar appears near the bottom of the folder view.  You can click the icon on the bar to edit these filters.

Note  If a file filter determines that a file on one side of the comparison should be hidden but the corresponding file on the other side should be visible, both are made visible and the one that should be hidden will be colored teal (blue-green).

To clear all other file filters:

Click the Clear button to clear all the filter settings on this tab.