Path considerations when defining rules

Regardless of whether you create a policy or define a rule group, the framework available to define rules is the same.

These considerations apply to path-based rules.

• Paths don't need to be absolute when specifying rules. For example, when defining an updater, you can specify partial or fully qualified paths.
• Paths can contain white spaces.
• Paths can include the wildcard characters to specify file paths and file names. When using wildcards, ensure that specified string matches a limited set of file paths or file names. If the specified string matches many files, we recommend you revise the string.
• Paths can include the * wildcard character. Using /abc/*/def is allowed while /abc/*.sh, /abc/*.*, or /abc/doc.* are not supported.