How can I exclude some folders from my Eclipse project?

Question

I\'m adding an eclipse project to our existing code-base, and I\'d like to know if there is a way to exclude some directories from being picked up by eclipse at all? The reason

Answer 1

Filters will hide resources from view, but they're still in the project. If you create a project in another location you can create linked resources to the folders you want to include in your project.

For reference I posted another answer that describes how to use linked resources in more detail.