rsync - Sep 2008 - DO NOT REPLY [Bug 5759] New: filter rules: no wildcards match empty strings

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5759

           Summary: filter rules: no wildcards match empty strings
           Product: rsync
           Version: 3.0.3
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned@samba.org
        ReportedBy: dieter@plaetinck.be
         QAContact: rsync-qa@samba.org


when filtering with pattern rules, all wildcards ( ’*’, ’?’, and
’[’ ) expect at least one character.
So there doesn't seem to be a way to match 'foo', 'foobar'
and not match 'fo'.
('foo*','foo**','foo?','foo[a-z]' match foobar
but not foo)

Regexes have the pattern modifier '*' for this, shell globbing expands
'*' to
any string (including empty ones), but this does not seem to be possible with
rsync rules syntax.

PS: this bug is somewhat related to
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5758


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https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5759


wayned@samba.org changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID




------- Comment #1 from wayned@samba.org  2008-09-14 21:50 CST -------
"*" matches 0 or more characters, as does "**".


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