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 NOTE: Be sure to select the appropriate Add option (Folder or File) when adding an exclusion or you may not get the results expected. That is, use Add | Folder to exclude the auditing of activity against files/subfolders in folder(s) that match the exclusion string. Use Add | File to exclude the auditing of activity against file(s) that match the exclusion string.  | 
These examples show how to use file masks on the Exclusions tab of the auditing wizard. Note that <String> in these examples may contain any of the file mask characters described above (such as, fixed characters, * or ?).
In the following examples the Audit Path is HOME\TEMP.
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 Exclude activity against files/subfolders in the specified folder in the base audit path. (Add | Folder)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: <FolderName> Example: DOCS Excludes:  | 
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 Exclusion Syntax: <FolderNameString> Example 1: DOC* Excludes: Example 2: *DOC Excludes: HOME\TEMP\MYDOC Example 3: *DOC? Excludes:  | 
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 Exclusion Syntax: **\<FolderName> Example: **\MYDOC Excludes:  | 
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 Exclude activity against a specific file in the base audit path. (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: <FileName.ext> Example: Test1.docx Excludes: HOME\TEMP\Test1.docx  | 
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 (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: *.<ext> Example: *.tmp Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: **.<ext> Example: **.tmp Excludes:  | 
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 Exclusion Syntax: Example 1: ??word.??? Excludes: HOME\TEMP\Myword.doc Example 2: *word*.??p Excludes: HOME\TEMP\Word.tmp  | 
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 NOTE: Volume names are case sensitive and must be entered correctly in the Audit Path field on the auditing wizard.  | 
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 (Add | Folder)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: Example: HOME\USERS\TEMP\DOCS Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | Folder)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: Example: HOME\USERS\TE?????DOCS Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | Folder)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: Example: HOME\**\DOCS Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | Folder)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: Example: HOME\**\DOC* Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | Folder)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: *\*\<FolderName> Example 1: *\*\DOCS Excludes: Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | Folder)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: **\<FolderName> Example: **\DOCS Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | Folder)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: **<CharString>* Example: **DOC* Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: **<CharString>* Example: **DOC* Excludes:  | 
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 Exclude activity against a specific file found in a specific location on the selected volume. (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: Example: Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: **\<FileName>.* Example: **\test1.* Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: Example: SHARE2\TEST\DOCS\*.docx Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: **\*.<Ext> Example: **\*.pdf Excludes:  | 
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 NOTE: When using All Volumes, you cannot exclude an individual volume. You must use a share name, which is unique to a volume. That is, you cannot have two shares with the name of HOME (either on the same volume or different volumes).  | 
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 (Add | Folder)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: *\<Path>\<FolderName> Example: *\USERS\TEMP\DOCS Excludes:  | 
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 Exclusion Syntax: Example: HOME\**\DOCS Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | Folder)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: Example: HOME\**\DOC* Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | Folder)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: **\<FolderName> Example: **\DOCS Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | Folder)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: *\*\<FolderName> Example 1: *\*\DOCS Excludes: Example 2: *\*\*\DOCS Excludes:  | 
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 Exclusion Syntax: **<CharString> Example: **DOCS Excludes:  | 
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 Exclude a specific file found in a specific location on the specified share. (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: Entering: Excludes:  | 
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 (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: Entering: SHARE2\TEST\DOCS\*.docx Excludes:  | 
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 Exclude activity against all files with the specified file extension found anywhere on all volumes. (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: **\*.<Ext> Example: **\*.pdf Excludes:  | 
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 Exclude a specific file (regardless of the file extension) found anywhere on the all volumes. (Add | File)  | 
 Exclusion Syntax: **\<FileName>.* Entering: **\test1.* Excludes:  |