[Box Backup-dev] Bad regex in config file

[Jon Dye]

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Roy wrote:
> I tried to exclude a parent.lock file, because BoxBackup couldn't back
> it up.
>=20
> So I tried to exclude it, following the example:
>    ExcludeFilesRegex =3D *.(mp3|MP3)$
> and changed it to:
>    ExcludeFilesRegex =3D *.(lock)$
> or
>    ExcludeFilesRegex =3D *.lock$
>=20
> But then I got the following errors (Windows XP client):
> WARNING: Exception thrown: CommonException(BadRegularExpression) at
> ExcludeList.cpp(200)
> ERROR: Failed to configure location 'Application Data' path
> 'C:\<path>\Application Data': Common BadRegularExpression: please check=

> for previous errors
>=20
> When I changed the regex to .(lock)$ it worked (removed the *  in front=

> of it). So I think the example is wrong in bbackupd.conf, or is it
> something I'm missing?

I wondered if they were wrong too.  The examples look like glob patterns
rather than regular expressions.  The glob pattern "*.(mp3|MP3)" is
equivalent to the regex ".*\.(mp3|MP3)".

=2E mean match an character
* means match the preceding character 0 or more times
\. means a literal .

I've only just started using boxbackup and haven't yet managed to work
out if the example is wrong or not, it would be nice to know for certain.=


I'm also wondering whether it matches the whole name or if a partial
match is sufficient, e.g.

does ".bar" match foobar as well as fbar?

JD

--=20
"Needle goes up and into the brain... and death."
		- Eddie Izzard


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