Exclude all subfolders within inbox from sync

[les-les]

hi,
sorry for the dumb question
i got a ton of subfolders in INBOX and i am not able to exclude them from sync
resulting in a sync run for about 2 days

freaking out cuz not getting my head straigth about this case

thx for any hionts help in advance

LES

[gilleslamiral]

https://imapsync.lamiral.info/FAQ.d/FAQ.Folders_Selection.txt

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Q. What are the options to select folders?

R. From https://imapsync.lamiral.info/README

  OPTIONS/folders

     --folder       str  : Sync this folder.
     --folder       str  : and this one, etc.
     --folderrec    str  : Sync this folder recursively.
     --folderrec    str  : and this one, etc.

     --folderfirst  str  : Sync this folder first. Ex. --folderfirst "INBOX"
     --folderfirst  str  : then this one, etc.
     --folderlast   str  : Sync this folder last. --folderlast "[Gmail]/All Mail"
     --folderlast   str  : then this one, etc.

     --nomixfolders      : Do not merge folders when host1 is case-sensitive
                           while host2 is not (like Exchange). Only the first
                           similar folder is synced. Example: with folders
                           "Sent", "SENT" and "sent" on host1, only "Sent"
                           will be synced to host2.

     --skipemptyfolders  : Empty host1 folders are not created on host2.

     --include      reg  : Sync folders matching this regular expression
     --include      reg  : or this one, etc.
                           If both --include --exclude options are used, then
                           include is done before.
     --exclude      reg  : Skips folders matching this regular expression
                           Several folders to avoid:
                            --exclude 'fold1|fold2|f3' skips fold1, fold2 and f3.
     --exclude      reg  : or this one, etc.


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Q. How can I sync only one folder?

R. Use --folder option.

  imapsync ... --folder MyFolder

If you have more specific folders to sync just add several --folder 

  imapsync ... --folder MyFolder --folder ThisFolder --folder ThatFolder


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[les-les]

thx,

gonna check this out real quick ...

--exclude 'fold1|fold2|f3' skips fold1, fold2 and f3.

are there wildcards allowed too ?

--exclude 'fold*|f3' skips fold1, fold2 fold3 fold9 and f3.
?

thx
LES

[gilleslamiral]

--exclude 'fold|f3' skips fold1, fold2 fold3 fold9 and f3 and f3*

[les-les]

you are my hero !
thx a lot

sometimes so many trees not seeing the forest

LES