ancestor with parent folder?

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anmac1789
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ancestor with parent folder?

Post by anmac1789 »

So, I like that ancestor: only shows the contents of a folder and its subfolders and files without showing similarly named folders elsewhere on the C drive. But my only question is how can I display the parent folder as well ? For example,

ancestor:"C:\Users\username\Desktop\test folder" will list everything in that folder But,

"C:\Users\username\Desktop\test folder" will partial match other folders with a similar sharing name with
"C:\Users\username\Desktop\test folder created from android"
"C:\Users\username\Desktop\test folder backup June 2022"
"C:\Users\username\Desktop\test folder without files"
NotNull
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Re: ancestor with parent folder?

Post by NotNull »

Add a backslash at the end:
"C:\Users\username\Desktop\test folder\"


(not sure what you try to accomplish though)
anmac1789
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Re: ancestor with parent folder?

Post by anmac1789 »

Im trying to isolate a certain path and not show other similar paths thats the idea
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Re: ancestor with parent folder?

Post by void »

Do you want to display the "C:\Users\username\Desktop\test folder" folder in the results too?

Please try the following searches:

"C:\Users\username\Desktop\test folder\" | exact:"C:\Users\username\Desktop\test folder"
(easier to remember)

ancestor:"C:\Users\username\Desktop\test folder" | exact:"C:\Users\username\Desktop\test folder"
(easier to remember)

exact:"C:\Users\username\Desktop\test folder"<\**|>
(using group expansion)

regex:^[regexescape:"C:\Users\username\Desktop\test folder"](\\|$)



ancestor:
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