When you go to Add a Directory to be watched, you are given the opportunity to
choose a few different methods of watching files.
Watch Everything
By default, FileHamster will watch everything. Once you set it to watch a folder
you are done. The files in that folder will all be backed up with no more thought
or attention needed.
Note: "Watch Everything" starts out backing everything up, but gives you the
power to easily exclude files or file types as you work. Go here to learn how with
the bubble, and here to see how to do it in the Main Window.
Watch this type or pattern:
It may be that as you set up a watch for a project, you only want to watch a
specific list of file types. For instance, the directory may contain text files,
varying image outputs, and Photoshop documents (PSD), but you may only want
to have the PSDs backed up. Placing *.PSD in the field limits it to just that file
type, but you can also have a series of filetypes, separated by commas, such as *.PSD,*.mov,*.jpg.
Ask me as I go
This was put in place to enable ultimate control over what files or file types to
watch as you work. This starts you out with a clean slate. No files are set to be
watched, none are set to be ignored. As you modify or create a new file in that
directory, you will see the following popup:
You have the choice to set it up to watch that specific file or all files of that type.
Conversely, you can choose to ignore that specific file or ignore all files of that
type.
As you work over time, you will see this popup less often because the filtering
system is constantly getting trained by you.
Advanced Options
There are many more options that can be configured in the watch, from the
number of revisions to keep to providing a name for the watch. Those can be
modified later from the Watch Tree, or can be set up here as you create the
watch.
To learn more about what each setting means, please see the Reference
Section of this Help File.
