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<h2 align="center"><em>Option panel : Scan Rules</em></h2>
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Filters (scan rules) are the most important an powerful option that can be used: you can exclude or accept subdirectories, skip certain types of files, and so on.. If you have missing files (images on top level directories, for example) filters can help you!
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<li>Exclude link(s)</li>
<br><small>This button lets you to add a filter to authorize either a directoty, a domain, a certain file type...
<br>See <a href="#add">below</a> to know of to add a filter rule...
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<li>Exclude link(s)</li>
<br><small>This button lets you to add a filter to authorize either a directoty, a domain, a certain file type...
<br>See <a href="#add">below</a> to know of to add a filter rule...
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<li>How to add a rule
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<li>Select a rule</li>
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<li>Then, enter the keyword(s)</li>
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<li>Clic on the ADD button to add the rule</li>
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<li>Another example:
<br><small>Accept a specific directory name<br>
Suppose that you are mirroring a site at http://www.awondefulsite.com/mike/index/index.html but you can not get images located in /images/landscapes/ (for example, the image http://www.awondefulsite.com/images/landscapes/bluewater.jpg has not been retrieved)</small>
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<li>Select a rule : in this case to identify all items from a specific folder name</li>
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<li>Then, enter the keyword(s) : in this case it is the directoty name (without the starting and ending /)</li>
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<li>Clic on the ADD button to add the rule</li>
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<li>The rule has been added</li>
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<li>See also: <a href="filters.html">advances filters</a></li>
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