>>>>> 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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