You can use a wildcard to represent one or more characters when you define the content for backups and filters for a subclient.
The search for subclient content is not case-sensitive.
Note: If the subclient content consists of wildcard characters and no eligible files are found for the backup, the backup operation can still successfully complete.
"<MR>." filters the files with same name as extension and not the folder
Example string with wildcard | What the example string matches | Examples of files that are filtered |
|---|---|---|
<MR>.bak | <MR>.bak would filter all the files that have .bak extension |
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* (Any Number of Characters)
Example string with wildcard | What the example string matches | Examples of files and directories that are backed up |
|---|---|---|
*.docx | All files that have the .docx file extension. | Are backed up:
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/Data/*.docx | All files that:
| Are backed up:
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a*.so | All files that:
| Are backed up:
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/Finance/Agenda* | All files and directories that:
| Are backed up:
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? (A Single Character)
Example string with wildcard | What the example string matches | Examples of files and directories that are backed up |
|---|---|---|
access? | All files and directories that have a name that begins with "access", followed by any 1 character. | Are backed up:
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access?? | All files and directories that have a name that begins with "access", followed by any 2 characters. | Are backed up:
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Class?report | All files and directories that have a name that:
| Are backed up:
Are not backed up, because "Class" is followed by a number of characters other than 1:
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[n] (A Range of Characters)
Numbers within square brackets are treated as single digits, and a dash between two digits indicates the complete range of numbers between those two digits.
Example string with wildcard | What the example string matches | Examples of files and directories that are backed up |
|---|---|---|
/[a-m]* | All files that:
| Are backed up:
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/[AEIOU]*.docx | All files that:
| Are backed up:
Are not backed up:
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/Finance/report[1-47-9] | All files and directories that:
| Are backed up:
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/Department-[A-CS] | All files and directories that have names that begin with "Department-", followed by A-C, or S. | Are backed up:
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[!n] (The Negation of a Range or a Set of Characters)
Example string with wildcard | What the example string matches | Examples of files and directories that are backed up |
|---|---|---|
/root/[!AEIOU]*.docx | All files that:
| Are backed up:
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** (Any Number of Characters Across Any Number of Path Levels)
Example string with wildcard | What the example string matches | Examples of files and directories that are backed up |
|---|---|---|
/**/move.cpp | All files that have the name move.cpp. | Are backed up:
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/etc/** | All files and directories under the /etc directory, including all sub-directories. | Are backed up:
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*** (Filters and Exceptions)
Use this wildcard in the following scenarios:
To filter the directory/library and the objects that are under it.
To add an exception to a filter.
Example string with wildcard | What the example string matches | Examples of files and directories that are backed up |
|---|---|---|
/QSYS.LIB/ABC.LIB/*** | This string filters ABC.LIB and its contents. | |
The filter QSYS.LIB/*** and the exception /QSYS.LIB/ABC.LIB/*** | This string backs up ABC.LIB and its contents. |