Exclude Pattern

[ohpleaseno]

I'm having My Movies handle all of my movie metadata. I want to exclude the Movies folder from BMT. I put the regex path to the Movies folder in the "Exclude Pattern" box

\\\\WHS\\Videos\\Movies

And it tells me

Regex is valid, but it did not match anything.

I have \\WHS\Videos as an import directory. Movies is the subdirectory below it. I've tried just "Movies" and I still get the same thing. I'm not quite sure what else to try here.

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by ohpleaseno

I'm having My Movies handle all of my movie metadata. I want to exclude the Movies folder from BMT. I put the regex path to the Movies folder in the "Exclude Pattern" box

\\\\WHS\\Videos\\Movies

And it tells me

Regex is valid, but it did not match anything.

I have \\WHS\Videos as an import directory. Movies is the subdirectory below it. I've tried just "Movies" and I still get the same thing. I'm not quite sure what else to try here.

This is another example of a nice feature in bmt... that is poorly documented

The regex editor in bmt contains 3 boxes. The first is your expression, the second is a an area for sample data, and the third is a results area. When you test the regular expression it will look at data that you've put into the sample data area, and then apply the regular expression to it, and if you have any matches, then they will show up in the 3 box.

The idea here is that you can take some sample file paths and paste them into that second box, to test if your expression will match. What you are testing is if your expression will match something from the second box.

Here's a screenshot using sample data...


You can see that the regular express did match the Movie line but not the TV line, so this would would work well for excluding Movies.

[ohpleaseno]

I didn't know I had to put test material in the second box. I'll try that tonight. Thanks!

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by ohpleaseno

I didn't know I had to put test material in the second box. I'll try that tonight. Thanks!

You don't HAVE to put anything in the second box... it is only provided there so that you add some test data and verify if your expression is working as your intend. Typically you cut and past some file paths in there. The data that you put in that second field is never stored, and it is only used by the "Test" button. The goal of this dialog is to allow you to verify your expression, and to test it, before you click "Ok". It basically allows you to play around with the regular expressions, testing them, etc.

Just so you know, if you need to specify more than one path, you can do so, using the | character.

\\\\WHS\\Videos\\Movies|\\\\WHS\\Videos\\Movies2

And it's always a good idea to test the regular expression against some "Sample Data" before you click OK, to ensure that it does what you expect.

[ohpleaseno]

I did that and it works perfectly. Thanks.

Is the wiki open for anybody to edit? I feel like your description above works better than what is currently on the wiki.

[stuckless]

Originally Posted by ohpleaseno

I did that and it works perfectly. Thanks.

Is the wiki open for anybody to edit? I feel like your description above works better than what is currently on the wiki.

Unfortunately, I don't think the wiki is open to the world. I think sage needs a community wiki that can be editable by the forum community (hint, hint).

I can't really make the google code wiki editable to everyone, and if I did, then it would get vandalized