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#33953 Regex to exclude files from scan

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Latest post by nicholas on Monday, 26 October 2020 07:17 CDT

jfquestiaux

Hi,

In the PHP modified files scan options, you can choose to exclude directories or files.

Is there a way to exclude these kind of files: "administrator/components/com_akeeba/backup/akeeba.cli.4402.log.php" with a regex? There is nothing in the tooltip or in the documentation saying so. I don't want to exclude the all directory but I can't of course put all the files either.

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nicholas
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You can't use a regular expression but you can and should exclude the entire administrator/components/com_akeeba/backup folder. It does not hold any executable files and it's not web accessible. It's just where your backups are.

Better yet, move the backup output folder above your site's root. You will not have to exclude it and it's actually safer to put your backups there to begin with. When you do, remember to move all files from administrator/components/com_akeeba/backup into the new folder.

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