When
using wildcards to specify or exclude scan items, these limitations
apply:
- Valid wildcards are question mark (?) for excluding
single characters and asterisk (*) for excluding multiple characters.
- Wildcards can appear in front of a back slash (\) in a path.
For example: C:\ABC\*\XYZ matches C:\ABC\DEF\XYZ.
- An
exclusion containing question mark (?) characters applies if the
number of characters matches the length of the file or folder name.
For example: The exclusion W?? excludes WWW, but does not exclude
WW or WWWW.
- The syntax is extended to include a
double asterisk (**), which means zero or more of any characters
including back slash. This allows multiple-depth exclusions.
For example: C:\ABC\**\XYZ matches C:\ABC\DEF\XYZ and C:\ABC\DEF\DEF\XYZ,
etc.