Wildcard Exclusions APIs
This setting allows users to set the wildcard exclusions. The request is wrapped inside "wildCardExclusions" block and has two member settings:
"values" : these are the user-specified wildcard exclusions and it has to be an array of strings
"keepDefaults": this field specified whether to:
keep all defaults when set to true
remove all defaults when set to false
remove individual defaults when this is an array of strings. Accepted values are:
RecycleBinDir removes '*:$Recycle.Bin*'
RecyclerDir removes '*:\RECYCLER*'
SystemVolumeInformationDir removes '*:\System Volume Information*'
WindowsDir removes '*:\Windows*'
UserTempDir removes '*:\Users\*\AppData\Local\Temp*'
Usage Example
There are multiple combinations of the parameters above, resulting in different outcomes.
Keep all defaults only:
"wildCardExclusions": {
"keepDefaults": true
}
Keep specific defaults only:
"wildCardExclusions": {
"keepDefaults": [
"RecycleBinDir"
]
}
Add user wildcard exclusions and keep all defaults:
"wildCardExclusions": {
"values": [
"D:\\",
"F:\\MyData\\*.log"
],
"keepDefaults": true
}
Add user wildcard exclusions only:
"wildCardExclusions": {
"values": [
"D:\\",
"F:\\MyData\\*.log"
]
}
Note: In this case "keepDefaults" defaults to false. This means that only the user defined exclusions is saved/applied. This is the same as:
"wildCardExclusions": {
"values": [
"D:\\",
"F:\\MyData\\*.log"
],
"keepDefaults": false
}
Add user wildcard exclusions and keep specific defaults:
"wildCardExclusions": {
"values": [
"D:\\",
"F:\\MyData\\*.log"
],
"keepDefaults": [
"RecycleBinDir"
]
}