Regular Expressions

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Regular Expressions

Instead of selecting a monitor using name alone we can match the most recent version of the file matching a given regular regular expression using RSR_MONITOR_REGEXP. From all matching filenames the one chosen is

1. The one with the highest (sorted alphabetically) last capture.
2. If more than one have same highest last capture, then most recently modified of these.

For example: Example: regexp = ^file(\d\d\d\d)a is interpreted as
the beginning of the string: ^file(\d\d\d\d)a,
followed by the string "file": ^file(\d\d\d\d)a,
followed by a capture: ^file(\d\d\d\d)a
of four digits: ^file(\d\d\d\d)a
finally followed by an "a": ^file(\d\d\d\d)a.

That is the regexp matches the files file0000a, file0000abc, file1234abc and file1234avc but not other_file or file0000b or file1234 or file000x. Of the matches both file1234abc and file1234avc match the last capture, (\d\d\d\d), with "1234" which is greater than the "0000" of the other files. Thus the file chosen will be the most recently modified of these two files.

Regular Expressions