* |
Substitutes for any number of characters, except /. Example: An arbitrary number of path elements, including entire directories. |
** |
Substitutes for any number of characters, including /. Example: an arbitrary number of path elements, including entire directories. |
? |
Substitutes for any single character, except /. |
[abc] |
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. |
[a-c] |
Substitutes for the single character a, b, or c. |
{ab,cd} |
Expand to one rule to match ab and one rule to match cd. Example: A rule that matches /{usr,www}/pages/** to grant access to Web pages in both /usr/pages and /www/pages. |