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*
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Substitutes for any number of any characters, except /.
Example: An arbitrary number of a path element,
including entire directories. |
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**
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Substitutes for any number of characters, including
/.
Example: an arbitrary number of path
elements, including entire directories.
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?
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Substitutes for any single character, except /.
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[abc]
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Substitutes for the single character a,
b, or c.
Example: a rule that matches
/home[01]/*/.plan allows a program to access
.plan files for users in both
/home0 and /home1.
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[a-c]
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Substitutes for the single character a,
b, or c.
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{ab,cd}
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Expands to one rule to match ab and one rule to
match cd.
Example: a rule that matches /{usr,www}/pages/**
grants access to Web pages in both /usr/pages and
/www/pages.
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