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Exclusion definitions

LHerzog

Hi,

one easy question. From my understanding the exception in Central

C:\ABC\EFG\

is in Sophos Central technically the same as

C:\ABC\EFG\*

or

C:\ABC\EFG\*.*

correct or incorrect?

Reference: https://docs.sophos.com/central/Customer/help/en-us/central/Customer/references/server_ExclusionVariablesWindows.html



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  • +1

    Hello LHerzog,

    incorrect. Slight smile
    Interestingly the Help for the on-premise SEC describes wildcards quite differently although SAV is essentially the same. Neither hekp is as clear as it could IMO be,

    C:\ABC\EFG\ should be equivalent to C:\ABC\EFG\**. It excludes everything in the folder and its subfolders (a folder exclusion in SEC's terms)..
    C:\ABC\EFG\* or C:\ABC\EFG\*.+  excludes only files in the named folder (in SEC's terms a file exclusion)..

    Christian

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  • +1

    Hello LHerzog,

    incorrect. Slight smile
    Interestingly the Help for the on-premise SEC describes wildcards quite differently although SAV is essentially the same. Neither hekp is as clear as it could IMO be,

    C:\ABC\EFG\ should be equivalent to C:\ABC\EFG\**. It excludes everything in the folder and its subfolders (a folder exclusion in SEC's terms)..
    C:\ABC\EFG\* or C:\ABC\EFG\*.+  excludes only files in the named folder (in SEC's terms a file exclusion)..

    Christian

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  • 0 in reply to QC

    Thank you 

    The on-Prem help you provided is a bit more clear here

    Specific folder

    Specify a folder path including a drive letter or network share name to exclude everything in that folder and below.

    D:\Tools\logs\

    Include a trailing slash after the folder name.

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