>>>>> On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:25:24 -0600, Stuart McGraw said:
>
> I am converting FileSets that used mostly used regexes
> to use wild matches where possible. But I am still not
> getting how wildcard matching is working.
>
> Options {
> Wilddir = "/home/*/.backup"
> Wild = "/home/*/.backup/*"
> }
> Options {
> Exclude = yes
> Wild = "/home/*/.*"
> Wilddir = "/home/*/tmp"
> Wilddir = "/home/*/Maildir/.*/tmp"
> }
> File = /home
>
> The above FileSet is excluding all /home/*/Maildir/.* files, not
> just the .../tmp subset I intended. Why? And how do I fix it?
>
> I have not been seen in the Bacula manual a description of exactly
> how filenames match wildcard specs (e.g. does "a*b" match "a/b"?).
Yes, that is the problem. "/home/*/.*" matches "/home/smcg4191/Maildir/.foo"
:-( You'll probably have to use regex for that one.
> Is one available somewhere?
Look at man fnmatch. Bacula can pass the FNM_CASEFOLD flag if IgnoreCase=yes
is specified, but that is the only documented option.
__Martin
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