Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual
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WAVELAB Workspaces 30 – 711 Renaming files To rename a file, right-click it and select Rename from the pop-up menu. This means the file on disk is actually renamed, just as if you had changed the name in the Windows Explorer. Removing files To delete a file from a group, right-click it and select Remove. This removes the file from the Workspace but does not delete anything from your disks! Moving files between groups To move a file from one group to another, first remove it from one group and then add it to another, as described above. Playing and opening files • To play a file, select it and press [Enter] or click Play on the Transport bar. • To open a file for editing, double click on it (or right-click and select Open from the pop-up menu).
WAVELAB 31 – 714 Using WaveLab for backup Background WaveLab features very versatile and powerful functions for backing up all kinds of files and folders. Here’s a brief rundown of the features: • You can back up directly to CD or to standard media. When backing up to CD, you can create archives that span several CDs, if necessary. • The archives created by the backup function are ZIP files, compatible with other ZIP extraction applications. They can of course also be opened by WaveLab (as can any ZIP file)! • When backing up WAV audio files, these can be converted to the OSQ (Original Sound Quality) lossless compression format automatically, for great savings in file size. • You have the option to specify exactly which folders and files should be included in the backup, to exclude or include files of a certain type only (individually for dif- ferent folders if you like), to exclude files based on their date, etc. • Preview and Simulate functions allow you to check the contents and size of the archive before actually performing the backup. • You can create a Data CD/DVD Project containing the files and folders you want to back up, thus allowing you to back up data to CD or DVD. This also gives you the possibility of, for example, rearranging the data and write multiple copies of the backup CD/DVD. …and much more!
WAVELAB Using WaveLab for backup 31 – 715 Creating a Backup Plan The Backup Plan is where you specify which folders and files should be backup, and make additional settings for how the backup should be per- formed. • To create a new Backup Plan, open the File menu and select Backup Plan from the New submenu. An untitled Backup Plan window appears. Defining which files should be backed up The contents of the Backup Plan are defined by filters. Each filter is de- fined for a certain folder, but you can also specify that a filter for a folder should affect all its subfolders as well. On the most basic level, a filter defines which files should be backed up – one or several specific files, or all files in the folder. But it’s also possible to include or exclude files based on their file types. The filters are defined in the right half of the Backup Plan window.
WAVELAB 31 – 716 Using WaveLab for backup Below is a step-by-step procedure showing how to set up filters – please read the filtering rules as well (see “Filtering rules” on page 717). 1.Make sure the “Definition” tab is selected at the top of the window. The other tab, “Preview”, is described in the section “Using the Preview function” on page 721. 2.In the directory view to the left, select a folder containing elements you want to back up. The files in the selected folder are listed in the two panes to the right. 3.To mark individual files for backup, tick their checkboxes in the “Include” list. The number after the text “Specific files” (just above the list) shows how many individual files are currently marked for backup. 4.If you want to back up all files in the folder, tick the “All files” checkbox at the top of the “Include” list. To also include all files in all subfolders, tick the “Also applies to subfolders” checkbox. This makes the subfolders “inherit” the same filter as their parent folder (not including the “Spe- cific files” settings, see “Filtering rules” on page 717). However, you can override this for a subfolder by defining a separate filter for that folder. 5.To exclude individual files in the folder from backup, tick their checkboxes in the “Exclude” list. If none of the files in the folder should be backed up, you can tick the “All files” checkbox in the “Exclude” list. For example, you may have a folder with several subfolders, and want to back up all these except one: Activate the “Include: All files” and “Also applies to subfolders” options for the parent folder, and tick the “Exclude: All files” checkbox for the one subfolder you don’t want to back up. The files in the “Video” folder will be excluded from the backup. This is the “parent folder” in our example. The green arrows indi- cate that these folders use the filter settings of their parent folder (see “The symbols in the directory view” on page 718). The “Video” folder is selected, and its contents are there- fore shown in the Include/Exclude lists to the right.
WAVELAB Using WaveLab for backup 31 – 717 This far, filtering has only been applied to specific folders and files, but you can also specify that certain file types should be excluded (or in- cluded) in the backup: 6.To exclude a certain file type from backup, specify its file name extension by typing into the Patterns field above the “Exclude” list. This function is available when the “Include: All files” option is activated. Note that you should use the wildcard character * to indicate that all files with a certain ex- tension should be excluded. For example, typing *.bmp will exclude all bitmap files in the folder from backup. If you specify several file types, you should separate them with commas. •If the “Also applies to subfolders” checkbox is activated, the specified file type will be excluded for the subfolders as well. It’s also possible to exclude files and file types globally, for all folders (see “General settings” on page 722). •If the “Include: All files” checkbox is not activated, it’s possible to have a certain file type included in the backup, by typing its extension in the Pat- tern field above the “Include” list. This allows you to quickly set up a Backup Plan where only files of a certain type are backed up. Filtering rules •The “Include: All files” setting is “dynamic” (or “abstract”) in the sense that it will include all files that are present in the folder at the time when the backup is executed (regardless of what was in the folder when the Backup Plan was created). In fact, activating “Include: All files” is the same as writing “*.*” in the “Include: Patterns” field. •Activating the “Also applies to subfolders” option makes the filter settings apply to all subfolders for which no separate filters are defined. This applies to the filter settings “Include: All files”, “Include: Patterns” and “Exclude: Pat- terns”. Settings for including or excluding specific files are never inherited by subfolders.
WAVELAB 31 – 718 Using WaveLab for backup •If you use the “Exclude: All files” option, this automatically applies to all subfolders (for which no separate filters are defined). In other words, when “Exclude: All files” is used, the “Also applies to subfolders” option is automatically activated. •If you define a filter for a folder, any “inherited” filter from a parent folder is automatically overridden (both for that folder and for its subfolders). The symbols in the directory view When you specify the backup filters in the lists to the right, you will notice that the folders will be labeled with different symbols in the directory view to the left. The symbols have the following meaning: If you position the pointer over a folder name in the directory view to the left, a pop-up tip will appear, telling you the status of the folder (e.g. “All files in this folder are included in the backup”). Symbol Description (green circle)A filter has been defined specifically for this folder. All files in this folder will be backed up. If a plus sign is shown in the circle, this indicates that this filter is inherited by subfolders (i.e. the “Also applies to subfolders” option is activated). (light blue circle)A filter has been defined specifically for this folder. Some (but not all) files in this folder will be backed up. If a plus sign is shown in the circle, this indicates that this filter is inherited by subfolders (i.e. the “Also applies to subfolders” option is acti- vated). (red circle)A filter has been defined specifically for this folder. No files in this folder will be backed up (although files in subfolders may be in- cluded in the backup, if separate filters have been defined for these subfolders). (green arrow up)No filter has been defined specifically for this folder, but all files in this folder will be backed up, since this folder inherits the filters from a parent folder (one or several steps up). (light blue arrow up)No filter has been defined specifically for this folder, but some (not all) files in this folder will be backed up, since this folder in- herits the filters from a parent folder. (purple arrow down)No filter has been defined specifically for this folder. However, fil- ters have been defined for one or more subfolders.
WAVELAB Using WaveLab for backup 31 – 719 Editing the filters in textual form Sometimes it can be preferable to view and edit the filter definitions as text. This is done by selecting “Edit filters in text form” from the Functions pop-up menu (or by clicking the “T” icon). In the dialog that appears, you can view each defined filter separately, and edit the settings: • Use the scrollbar in the upper right corner to step between the available filters. The path of the folder for the currently displayed filter is shown to the left. • The checkboxes and “Patterns” fields work as in the main Backup Plan window. • You can remove specific files from the filters by selecting them in the lists and pressing [Delete]. • It’s also possible to delete the selected filter completely, by clicking the “Delete displayed filter” button. The “Edit filters” dialog also offers some functions that are not available from the main Backup Plan window: • The Display options in the lower left corner allow you to scan for filters which are attached to non-existing folders, or filters listing non-existent files, and remove these if desired. This may be necessary if you have removed files or folders since you first created the Backup Plan.
WAVELAB 31 – 720 Using WaveLab for backup • If you have renamed or reordered folders on your hard disk since creating the Backup Plan, you can click the “Find and replace in all paths” button to update the Backup Plan. In the Search and Replace dialog that appears, enter the previous (no longer valid) path name in the Find field and the new, correct path in the Replace field and click OK. The pro- gram will search all displayed filters (taking the Display options into account) and perform the replacements, after which an alert tells you how many replacements were made. After editing the filters, click OK to close the dialog and keep the changes. To discard all changes made in the dialog, click Cancel. Saving and importing filter pattern files If you have set up a filter that you want to use for many different folders or in different Backup Plans, you can save it as a text file. This is done by se- lecting “Save current pattern as…” from one of the Patterns pop-up menus (above the Include and Exclude lists). The file will be saved in the Presets/BackupFilters subfolder in the program folder. To add the filter patterns from a file to the current filter, use one of the “Add Patterns” functions on the Patterns pop-up menus. • Add pattern (contents) extracts the contents of the specified file and adds these to the current filter. • Add pattern (by reference) adds a file reference to the current filter. The contents of the file is read and incorporated into the filter when the backup is pre- viewed, simulated or executed. This means that if you edit the referred file directly (e.g. in a text editor), all Backup Plans referring to this file will be affected. Note also that the file must be located in the Presets/BackupFilters subfolder in the program folder.