FastCopy filters: include/exclude wildcards, dates, sizes and links

Wildcards

• * matches any characters, ? a single character.
• [abc] one of the listed characters; [!abc] or [^abc] excludes them; [a-z] is a range.
• Directory masks end with \ — e.g. node_modules\ excludes the whole directory tree.

Path matching styles

• Relative (first character is not \): matched against the tail of the path at any depth, e.g. subdir[1-9]\xxx\.
• Prefix (first character is \): matched from the start of the path under the source, e.g. \bb\cc\.
• Absolute (starts with a drive letter or UNC): must include the Source prefix; converted internally to prefix matching.

Extended filters (date and size)

FromDate/ToDate accept absolute dates like 20150701 and relative ones like -10D (last ten days). MinSize/MaxSize take K/M/G/T units. Enable "show extended filters" to see these fields in the main window.

Junctions, symlinks and hard links

• Diff/copy modes copy the link itself by default (configurable to copy the target contents — beware infinite recursion on loops like legacy Application Data).
• Move and delete always operate on the link itself.
• Hard links can be preserved via the copy option or /linkdest; each 10,000 hard links costs roughly 2-4 MB of memory.