skip a directory during scan

[Ben K]

Technically Windows supports symlinks too - at least on NTFS. I use them all
the time on my windows box.

The ignore file sounds like a good way to go as it's an established method
used successfully by other tools like svn and rsync.

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 6:48 AM, Jakob Kummerow <
jakob.kummerow at googlemail.com> wrote:

> > I suppose one thing that could be done (but isn't available now) is to
> > put in a non-GUI option to have the scanner skip symlinks. Then you
> > could keep the folders you don't want added outside of the main tree but
> > symlink to them.
> >
> > Not sure if this is a good idea though.
>
> It's a bit *nix-specific, I'd say (not that I'd care, I don't use
> Amarok on Windows...).
>
> I think it would be better to have Amarok check for files named
> ".amarok_ignore" (or something similar) and skip folders that contain
> such a file. Maybe the dot should even be omitted for better
> portability, because last time I checked it was impossible to create
> files starting with a dot using Windows Explorer (you had to use the
> command prompt, but most Win users are scared senseless by the mere
> thought of that, and/or wouldn't think of the possibility).
>
> Cheers
> Jakob
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