For subclient policy, the following wildcard characters can be automatically detected in regular expression when backing up the data:
Wildcards |
Description |
Example |
---|---|---|
* |
Any number of any characters. |
*.doc - any file name with the extension ".doc" (e.g., status.doc, mission.doc) a*.dll - any file name that begins with "a" and has the extension .dll (e.g., alsvc.dll, advdcc.dll) |
? |
Any one character. |
access? - any file name that begins with- "access" followed by any one character (e.g., access1, access5) ?:\*.doc - any drive name that contains ".doc" files (e.g., c:\*.doc, e:\*.doc) |
** |
Any directory level. |
C:\**\move.cpp - the file named move.cpp located at any directory level under the c: drive. (e.g., c:\info\com\move.cpp) C:\sys*\** - all directories starting with sys. (e.g., all files and folder under c:\system or c:\sys1) |
The following wildcards will be treated as literal for subclient policy:
Wildcards |
Description |
Example |
---|---|---|
[ ] |
Any range of characters. |
[ei]nsure.doc - any file name that ends with "nsure.doc" and begins either "e" or "i". (e.g., ensure.doc, insure.doc) [a-m].doc - any file name that ends with ".doc" and begins with the letters "a" through "m" inclusive. |
[! ] |
The negation of a range of characters. |
[!ei]nsure.doc - any file name that ends with "nsure.doc", but does not begin with "e" or "i". (e.g., unsure.doc) |