Chapter 8: Converting Legacy Installations Using the Repackager InterfaceConfiguring Exclusions562 ADS-0950-UG00 AdminStudio 9.5 User GuideExcluding FilesYou use the Exclusions Editor to create an exclusion list for files so that those files are not captured during the OSsnapshot process, and will not be included in the OS snapshot file.Task: To add a file to the exclusion list:1. Launch the Exclusions Editor and open an exclusions file by performing the steps listed in LaunchingExclusions Editor.2. On the Files tab, click New. The File Exclusion Information dialog box opens.3. Enter or browse to the directory Path containing the file you want to exclude.4. Enter the name of the file you want to exclude, or browse to it by clicking the Browse ( ) button to the rightof the Excluded Files field. If you want to exclude multiple files from the same directory, separate them withpipes (|). If you want to exclude all files in a directory, enter an asterisk (*).5. Click OK to close the File Exclusion Information dialog box. The new exclusion appears in the Files tab.6. Save the exclusions file as described in Launching Exclusions Editor.Note • When configuring file exclusions for Repackager, you are only configuring Repackager to automaticallymark the file as excluded; this can be changed from within Repackager on a file-by-file basis. However, whenconfiguring file exclusions for the OS Snapshot Wizard, files in the exclusion list are not captured in the OS snapshotfile.Excluding Files with Specific ExtensionsTo exclude files with specific extensions from the exclusion list, perform the following steps.Task: To exclude files with specific extensions from the exclusion list:1. Launch the Exclusions Editor and open an exclusions file by performing the steps listed in LaunchingExclusions Editor:2. On the Files tab, click New. The File Exclusion Information dialog box opens.3. In the File Exclusion Information dialog box, enter or browse to the directory containing the files you wantto exclude. If you want to exclude files with a certain extension from all directories, enter an asterisk (*) for thePath value.4. Enter an asterisk followed by the extension you want excluded in the Excluded Files field. For example, if youwant to exclude all .bak files, enter *.bak. If you want to exclude multiple file types from the same directory (orfrom all directories), separate each exclusion with a pipe (|).5. Click OK to close the File Exclusion Information dialog box. The new exclusion appears in the Files tab.
