SyncIgnore and Lightroom lrdata

[Paitum]

I wish to sync my Photos and Lightroom Catalog files. The problem is Lightroom creates a cache directory along-side of the Catalog. So my directory looks like:

 

C:\Media\Catalogs\MyCatalog.lrcat

C:\Media\Catalogs\MyCatalog Previews.lrdata\*

C:\Media\Pictures\20131013\*

C:\Media\Pictures\20131014\*

C:\Media\Pictures\20131015\*

etc.

 

I have a BTSync directory at C:\Media\Catalogs, and all I want to sync are the *.lrcat files. I have been trying to ignore the *.lrdata directory using the .SyncIgnore file, but I have been unsuccessful. After reading online, and performing experiments, I realize that I am not alone.

 

I feel like one of these should work:

*.lrdata

*.lrdata/*

/*.lrdata

/*.lrdata/*

 

Question 1: What .SyncIgnore pattern would help me exclude all *.lrdata subdirectories.

 

Question 2: Do I need to restart BTSync for changes in .SyncIgnore to get picked up?

 

Question 3: Can I use forward-slash '/' in Windows? Do backslashes '\' need to be escaped '\\'?

 

Thank you.

 

 

 

 

[Paitum]

I tried to figure out which of the following rules was working, but I didn't have time, because every time I restart BTSync it syncs all my shares which include some very slow network file shares. And I believe that BTSync must be restarted for SyncIgnore changes to go into effect.

 

I am using the following, which is working for me.

 

*.lrdata

*.lrdata/*

*.lrdata\*

\*.lrdata

/*.lrdata

\*.lrdata\*

/*.lrdata/*