Unexpected behavior with copying and filtering

[louwin]

I save web pages for the titles of TV serials, lots of them in a folder. I do this with Safari so each web page has the HTML file and a folder thus:-

Name of web page_files
.
.
.
Name of web page.html

There are many TV serials I am interested in so there are lots of HTML files and lots of folders. The folders are an overhead of the way Safari saves web pages (IE can save them without the folders).

Now the strange part....

If I copy this folder the internal *_files folders do NOT get copied!

I can understand that the folders don't get displayed but I would have expected them to get copied....

Is this a bug or expected behaviour?

[umbra]

Can you be more specific?
I tried a few combinations and all of them worked as expected.
Used folder structure:

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[main_folder]
+[web_page_files]
  +file1
  +file2
+web_page.html

If I copy any folder using F5, be it [main_folder] or [web_page_files], everything in that folder gets copied. If I copy web_page.html using F5, only that file gets copied.
If I use Explorer's copy method (through Ctrl+C, V or settings), it doesn't matter if I select only web_page.html or [web_page_files] too, everything gets copied.

That's all expected behavior - do you se something else?

[louwin]

Really sorry....

I spent so much time formualting the question I forgot to mention I have a filter suppressing the display of any name ending with "_files"

That's why I expect the non display of the folders but not the non-copying of them.

Don't ask me how I applied the filter, I did it so long ago I forget how

[Gral]

Discussed many times before:

http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=1764
http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=16378
http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=19113
http://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=24320

[louwin]

Sorry, I've read all your referenced articles but they don't say if or why the embedded "_files" folders should/shouln't/do/don't get copied if the folder containing them gets copied.

I put the filter in so I expect them not to display but if I copy a folder containg the folders I don't want to display I would expect them to be copied.

Am I expecting too much?

Does suppress display also mean suppress copy?

I'm not complaining, just want to know if this is a bug or expected behaviour?

If this is expected then I will find a different way to copy these folders

[HolgerK]

Sorry, I've read all your referenced articles but they don't say if or why the embedded "_files" folders should/shouln't/do/don't get copied if the folder containing them gets copied.

I put the filter in so I expect them not to display but if I copy a folder containg the folders I don't want to display I would expect them to be copied.

Question: Did you add something like *_files\ to your ignore list (cm_IgnoreConfig)?
This would explain why such folders are ignored by TC.

Regards
Holger

[louwin]

Yes, I have "filtered" out "*_files".

I was hoping the ignore list was for display only but from the tone of your question I deduce the "ignore list" also applies to copying?

If that is the case then that answers my query.

Thanks....

[HolgerK]

...I deduce the "ignore list" also applies to copying?

Yes.

Ignore specific files/folders: They will be neither displayed nor copied.

For only filtering out specific files or folders you may use "Show->Custom <Ctrl+F12>" and a filter mask like

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*|*_files\

Regards
Holger