Environment
- App Control Console: All Supported Versions
- App Control Agent: All Supported Versions
Objective
This article provides wildcard usage within Custom Rules.
Resolution
App Control recognizes the following wildcard characters:
- Multiple Characters: *
Example: C:\ProgramData\AccountingSoftware\*.dll
- Single Character: ?
Example: C:\ProgramData\AccountingSoftware\version??.??\*.dll
- Ending a Path: Ending a path with a backslash will be recursive through all files, folders, and subfolders. The two paths in the example below would be identical
Example One: C:\ProgramData\AccountingSoftware\
Example Two: C:\ProgramData\AccountingSoftware\*
- Specifying a Directory: App Control will treat any path that does not end with a backslash as a file name.
Valid Directory: C:\ProgramData\AccountingSoftware\
Not a Valid Directory: C:\ProgramData\AccountingSoftware
- Using With Macros: Wildcards are not allowed in a Macro Condition, but can be used in a Macro Value.
Macro Structure: <OnlyIf:Condition:Value>
Example: <OnlyIf:Hostname:*FileServer0?>*\temp\*.txt
Additional Notes
- System Variables (%username%) are not recognized by App Control.
- The asterisk will be recursive through all directories and subdirectories.
- Any path that has no slash or drive letter has "*\" (for Windows) or "*/" (for Mac and Linux) added at the beginning of the path.
- Case Sensitivity of paths is dictated by the Operating System. Windows and macOS systems are not normally case sensitive.
- More information can be found in the User Guide chapter, "Custom Software Rules" found on VMware Docs > Server Documentation > User Guide.
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