Properties: Source
(How to get there: Doubleclick a SecurDat directory list entry).
On the dialog page Source you can determine which files in which directory will be monitored and backed up.
In the Description field you can insert a short description of the directory. This description will then be displayed in the SecurDat Main window in the status bar when the resp. list entry is selected, and on the SecurTray popup menu when the mouse cursor hovers on the resp. folder menu item. Insert a text here which helps you to better manage the SecurDat directory list.
With the Directory ... button you can select the directory which will be monitored; the directory path then will be inserted in the field beside the button. If you want you can insert the path manually. (Here are described additional methods to add a directory to the SecurDat directory list).
If the option Monitoring ON is checked, then SecurTray will monitor the directory for changes; so for example you may define a number of directories, and later on switch the monitoring for single directories in SecurTray on/off as you like.
When the Include Subdirectories option is checked, then any files in any subdirectories of the defined directory will also be monitored and backed up.
With the Test button you may test how much time SecurTray uses for monitoring this directory (after every change of a file the monitored files will be read in again). So you shouldn't define a directory which contains about 10.000 files, because the performence of other actually running programs could possibly be affected. (It is generally a good idea to keep your data in not too much filled directories, and keep the files in assorted subdirectories).
In the field Only these files: you can insert filemasks, if you want that only specific files in the defined directory will be monitored and backed up.
In the field Exclude these files: you can insert filemasks, if you want that specific files in the defined directory will NOT be monitored and backed up. (For example when these files are not important).
Please insert only ONE filemask per line (look at the image above). If you do NOT insert any filemasks, then every file in the defined directory will be monitored and backed up. So you need to insert filemasks only if required.
In most cases it will be sufficient to write file masks only EITHER in the left OR on the right list.
Only in special cases it would be advisable to write filemasks into both lists, for example:
Only these files:*.txt Exclude these files:199*.txt
The more specific filemask 199*.txt restricts the selection of the more general filemask *.txt. This combination of filemasks is justified if there are many file types in the folder and you want to backup only text files, but not those text files which name starts with the years from 1990 to 1999.
The following combination of filemasks however would be redundant:
Only these files:Report.txt Exclude these files:199*.txt
The filemask Report.txt already excludes all other files ("Only these files"), so the filemask 199*.txt is superfluous.
If you rightclick one of the file masks fields (and you have already input a valid directory into the directory field), then a popup menu is displayed where you can select from 2 options:
1) Select file types: This switches the field to the file types mode, i.e. it now displays all file types contained in this directory:
This way you can select the desired file types very comfortably by checking them. Rightclick again if you then want to make these file masks more specific (e.g. 199*.doc instead of *.doc): This will display the Edit file masks popup which switches back again to the file masks mode (this mode is automatically preselected when the dialog is opened).
2) Check file masks: This option tests if the file masks in this field are appropriate for this directory. What does this mean? If you have input a file mask 199*.doc, but the folder contains only the files 2000.01.Report.doc, 2000.02.Report.doc, 2000.03.Report.doc etc., then the 199*.doc file mask is not appropriate, i.e. useless (unless you know that in the future also a 1999.12.Report.doc file will be saved in this directory).
The OK button closes the dialog and inserts the directory with its specific settings into the directory list. If any settings are incorrect or are missing (e.g. when a declared directory does not exist), then when closing the dialog you will be warned and directed to the incorrect setting.
The Cancel button closes the dialog and cancels any changes made in the dialog.
With the Help button (or by pressing F1 on your keyboard) you can display this help page.
The ToolTips checkbox permanently switches tooltips on/off for all pages of this dialog.
