File selection

The largest part of the backup screen is occupied by the file selection area. All mounted drives are shown in the file selection area when initially opening SIEGFRIED BACKUP. The drive list in the file selection area is immediately refreshed when additional drives are mounted or unmounted. The contents of folders in lower directory levels can be seen by using the arrow buttons on the left side of the file selection area. To select a drive, folder or file to backup, highlight the line to be selected by simply clicking the appropriate line with the left mouse button. A second mouse click is necessary to remove a selection.

The directory tree is represented according to the following conventions:

Type | Text color | Arrow button | Size
Drive | Blue | Yes | No
Folder | Black | Yes | No
File | Black | No | Yes
Symlink | Black | No | No

The selection of individual kinds results in the following effects:

| Drive: the entire drive with all folders, subfolders, files and symlinks is selected.
| Folder: the entire folder with all subfolders, files and symlinks is selected.
| Selection of a file or symlink only selects the marked file or symlink.

Note: selection of a symlink only saves the symlink and not the file or folder to which the symlink refers.

Any given combination of selection/deselection is possible. For example: the selection of a drive marks all folders and files. If, however, the "home" folder is deselected, then all folders and files of the "home" folder would be deselected. When the backup starts, all folders and files of the selected drive excluding the " home" folder (with all its entries) would be saved.

Usage of the file selection is intuitive and actually very simple, although its description appears complex. A bit of playful experimentation is necessary to get a feel for it.