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WAVELAB
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• If you have renamed or reordered folders on your hard disk since creating the
Backup Plan, you can click the “Find and replace in all paths” button to update
the Backup Plan.
In the Search and Replace dialog that appears, enter the previous (no longer valid) path
name in the Find field and the new, correct path in the Replace field and click OK. The pro-
gram will search all displayed filters (taking the Display options into account) and perform
the replacements, after which an alert tells you how many replacements were made.
After editing the filters, click OK to close the dialog and keep the
changes. To discard all changes made in the dialog, click Cancel.
Saving and importing filter pattern files
If you have set up a filter that you want to use for many different folders or
in different Backup Plans, you can save it as a text file. This is done by se-
lecting “Save current pattern as…” from one of the Patterns pop-up
menus (above the Include and Exclude lists). The file will be saved in the
Presets/BackupFilters subfolder in the program folder.
To add the filter patterns from a file to the current filter, use one of the
“Add Patterns” functions on the Patterns pop-up menus.
• Add pattern (contents) extracts the contents of the specified file and adds these
to the current filter.
• Add pattern (by reference) adds a file reference to the current filter.
The contents of the file is read and incorporated into the filter when the backup is pre-
viewed, simulated or executed. This means that if you edit the referred file directly (e.g. in a
text editor), all Backup Plans referring to this file will be affected. Note also that the file must
be located in the Presets/BackupFilters subfolder in the program folder.