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118 Migration, release, recall, and deletion
NOTE: When configuring the ExcludeFromRelease variable, filenames and filename patterns must
be specified in the UTF-8 format.
Special pattern-matching characters
The filename pattern-matching mechanism built into the FSE conforms to that used in command shells on
UNIX systems, with a few differences. Special characters are permitted to simplify the definition of sets of
files.
The following table lists the special characters, meanings, and usage examples.
Notes
• On case-insensitive file systems, like NTFS on Windows, if a character is covered by a filename pattern,
then this character’s upper- or lower-case counterpart is also covered.
• All the filenames and filename patterns that contain space characters or commas, and all filename
patterns that use sets ([ ]) or range sets ([ - ]) must be enclosed within double quotes (" ").
• A right bracket (]) can only be used inside sets and range sets if it is quoted (\]).
• A hyphen (—) can only be used inside sets and range sets if it is quoted (\—), or if it is the first character
specified inside the set or range set ([—...), or if it is specified as a single-character range (---).
• Quote characters can only be matched if they are quoted.
Linux specific
On Linux platform, to match a backslash (\), use two backlashes (\\).
Windows specific
On Windows platform, to match a grave accent (`), use two grave accents (``).
MinFileSize = "2kB"
ExcludeFromRelease = ()
Table 3 Special pattern-matching characters used with ExcludeFromRelease
Special character Meaning Description Examples
? any character matches any single character,
including the dot (.)
MyProject??
your_proj.c??
* closure matches zero or more
characters, including dots
image_*
D*.exe
"* local"
[ ] set matches a single character
from the set of characters
enclosed within the brackets
"Image_[012]??.png"
"installation_[ABC].sh"
[ — ] range set matches a single character
from the range of characters;
range sets can be combined
with ordinary sets
"rep-[2-6]?0"
"CurrentDoc-[ABCD][a-z].txt"
"weekly_rep-[1-589]00.doc"
\ quote character
(Linux platform)
suppresses the special
meaning of the character that
follows
"file1_*[A-\]].*"
"file2_["-\-]"
`
(grave accent)
quote character
(Windows platform)
suppresses the special
meaning of the character that
follows
"file1_*[A-`]].*"
"file2_["-`-]"