Exclusion definitions

Question

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

QC · Accepted Answer

Hello LHerzog, 
 incorrect. 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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