IgnoreList - lines beginning with #

[luckman212]

It appears that lines beginning with "#" would be skipped when parsing the IgnoreList, since at the top we have lines like

# IgnoreList is a UTF-8 encoded .txt file that helps you specify single files, paths and rules
# for ignoring during the synchronization job. It supports "?" and "*" wildcard symbols.

But, in the default IgnoreList for new folders, these 3 lines also exist (seems related to Synology Drive app):

#recycle
#snapshot
#SynoRecycle

I am assuming that this is either a mistake, or somehow this isn't working because I guess these lines would be "ignored by the IgnoreList itself" 🤔

[luomat]

Is the difference, perhaps, that a `#` followed by whitespace is a comment, but a `#` followed by a letter/number is not?

[luckman212]

I had that same thought too TJ 🙂

Somehow I doubt it though. That would almost be too clever. Hope someone from the mother ship can give us an official answer though.

[luomat]

It's actually not all that unusual. I've seen that syntax used in code (C or ObjectiveC? I'm not sure) for things like `#include` and `#define`.

That's what made me think it might be the same here.

[luckman212]

@RomanZ / @kos13 / @Helen Can someone clarify this please?

[Andy+]

In the Linux world it is standard that script lines with # at the beginning is a character for commenting out. Everything that follows a # is at most a comment, nothing else. And it doesn't matter whether there is a space after it or not. Sometimes // are also used, but this is not common.

# are not errors, but give the user the choice, e.g. activate or deactivate a parameter etc.

More about the IgnoreList here

https://help.resilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/205458165-Ignoring-files-in-Sync-Ignore-List-

[luckman212]

@Andy+There's nothing in that link about `# comment...` lines or how they are parsed. Those entries such as #SynoRecycle are being placed by default which is why I am asking about them here - it seems ambiguous.

[Andy+]

Thats true. But is fact, used scripts with # at the beginning of lines are ignored from the software or user, which use that script, here is IgnoreList used by Resilio. It means:

# bullshit | is ignored

#bullshit | is ignored

bullshit | is not ignored

[sounds2k]

I've come across this, however if you read the document on here it says only lines that begin with # are treated as comments. It also states that entries can include a path. So for a Synology NAS, I simply changed the entry from #snapshot to /#snapshot - which is fine, as that directory is always in the root of the shared folder. Seems to work ... it's just a pain that you have to copy an updated "IgnoreList" file to each new folder - you can't set it as a default within ResilioSync, so it will always use its' defaults when it starts syncing a new folder unless you manually create the .sync subfolder and copy your updated "IgnoreList" file to it before initiating the sync.

[Schnautz]

For whatever it's worth, you can use 

/?recycle
/?snapshot

as well. The ? is a wildcard.