Areca Backup - Regex

You can use regular expressions to include / exclude source files in your backups.

Regular expressions quick reference :

Here is a listing of the most popular regular expression patterns.

Rule	Syntax
Exactly one occurence of x	`x`
At least one occurence of x	`x+`
0 or many occurences of x	`x*`
0 or 1 occurence of x	`x?`
Escape character	`\`
Any single character	`.`
One character in a predefined set	`[`list-of-characters`]` ... examples : `[ABCD]`, `[012345789]`
One character in a character range	`[`character1-character2`]` ... examples : `[0-9]`, `[a-zA-Z]` ...
Any character except those contained in a predefined set	`[^`list-of-characters`]` ... examples : `[^ABCD]`, `[^0-9]`
Tab	`\t`
New line	`\n`
Carriage return	`\r`
Beginning of the line	`^`
End of the line	`$`

Example	Syntax
All filenames ending with "`.html`"	`^.*\.html$`
All filenames containing "`client`"	`^.client.$`