File name syntax

When you specify monitored files, text files and MP3 you can use special characters.

NOTE: matching is NOT case insensitive.


* - asterisk replaces any number of any characters, including also the empty character.
Example: a*.zip will match all names starting with letter a and ending with .zip for example: a.zip, abc.ZIP, AbleGet.zip, a35.zip. Names that do not match: bad.zip, abc.exe, azip.

? - question mark replaces any single character except the empty one.
Example: a?cd will match all names starting with letter a, with any second character and ending with cd for example: abcd, a1cD, aWde. Names that do not match: babcd, acd, abcde.

!, ^ - one of them before a character means that here can be any single character except this one.
Example: !abc will match all names starting with letter other than a and ending with bc for example: 1bc, WBC. Names that do not match: abc, Abc.

You can specify sets of characters that can occur in a place in the string.
[] - allows to use a range of characters. Examples:

	[a-d] specifies one character that is within the range a to d - it can be a or b or c or d.
	[!k-m] specifies one character that is NOT within the range k to m - it CANNOT be k, l, m. All other characters can be in this place.
	[0-9]* will match all names starting with an number for example: 1toGo.htm, 7B, 9. Names that do not match: a3.zip, xcde.