Configuring a Mounted Filesystem

To access settings for a filesystem:

  1. In the Explorer, select the Filesystems tab.
  2. Right-click the root node of the filesystem and choose Properties from the contextual menu.

To access settings for all mounted filesystems, including hidden filesystems:

  1. In the Explorer, select the Filesystems tab.
  2. Right-click the Filesystems node and choose Customize from the contextual menu.

The Customizer Dialog appears with a list of filesystems in the left pane and a property sheet in the right pane. The property sheet displays the properties of the filesystem selected in the left pane.

On the property sheet, you can configure a filesystem to determine whether it is displayed and writable. For directories, you can also determine which kind of files are backed up. Just type the appropriate file extensions in the Files to Back Up by Extension property.

If you select the Capabilities tab of the property sheet, you can set or disable the availability of that filesystem for compilation, running, and debugging. You can also set whether the filesystem should be used as Javadoc documentation.

Tip Capabilities settings apply to entire filesystems. You also can disable compilation, running, or debugging for a single file. Open the file's property sheet and click the Execution tab. You can set the Compiler property to Do Not Compile, the Executor property to Do Not Execute, and the Debugger property to Do Not Debug.

If you select the Expert tab of the property sheet for local filesystems, you can set the frequency at which the filesystem is refreshed and specify files that the IDE should ignore.

See also
Filesystems and the Java Classpath
Mount a Filesystem
Opening a File not in a Mounted Filesystem
Changing the Mount Order of Filesystems
Specifying Files to Ignore in a Filesystem
VCS Filesystems Settings

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