Wildcard Masking in Inedo prouducts
KB#1119: Last Updated November 14, 2019
Wildcard masks in BuildMaster and Otter are used to include and/or exclude file/directory paths in the context of an operation. Typically, masks are used for file-based operations. The values for the masks are similar to ant-style masks.
Rules
- A single asterisk (*) represents a matching file name within a specific directory
- A double asterisk (**) represents a matching file name within a specific directory and all subdirectories
Masking Examples
For the following examples, consider the working directory for a CopyFilesOperation contains the following files:
BigDoc.pdf Documentation.pdf WordDoc.docx WordDoc2.docx TextFile1.txt TextFile2.txt Subdir\SubBigDoc.pdf Subdir\SubWordDoc.docx Subdir\SubText.txt Subdir\SubSubDir\SubSubPdf.pdf
| Include Mask | Exclude Mask | Files Copied | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| **.docx | – |
|
All .docx files recursively. |
| @(*.docx, *.pdf) | – |
|
Only .docx and .pdf files in the root are transferred. |
| ** | *.txt |
|
All files except .txt files in the root directory. |
| ** | **.txt |
|
All files except any .txt file. |
| Subdir\* | – |
|
Only files in Subdir, but not Subdir/SubSubDir. |
| Subdir\** | – |
|
All files within Subdir recursively. |
| ** | @(**1**, **2**) |
|
All files except files with the numbers 1 or 2 in any part of the path. |
