The Mac Scan Exclusion List for files supports the * character. Use the *
character to represent a folder name.
Correct Usage of Wildcards
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Example
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Matched Data
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/Users/* |
All files and folders in
/Users/ |
/Users/username/temp/* |
All files and folders in
/Users/username/temp/ |
/Users/*/temp |
All files and folders in
/Users/*/temp |
Incorrect Usage of Wildcards
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Example
|
Reason
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/Users/*user/temp |
Wildcards cannot support partial matching of folder names.
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/Users/user*/temp |
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/Users/us*r/temp |
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/Users/username/temp/*.jpg |
Wildcards cannot represent any file that has an extension.
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/Users/username/temp/*.* |