Suggestion for a selector to bypass windows "temp" files?

[Maser]

Specifically, files like Word temp files that look like this:

 

~WRF0000.tmp

 

 

I've looked through my logs. I don't believe I can bypass files that start with "~" only.

 

And files that end in ".tmp" also seem too broad.

 

 

Ideally, I'd like to make a selector that would be something like

 

~*.tmp

 

Is that possible?

 

If not, can somebody offer a suggestion that might be similar?

 

Thanks!

[mcswgn]

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Ideally, I'd like to make a selector that would be something like

 

~*.tmp

 

Is that possible?

 

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Can't you just do a:

 

[File name] [does] [start with] ~

<and>

[File name] [does] [end with] .tmp

 

[Maser]

Yes, that works.

 

 

But, ideally, getting this into one "statement" would be best.

[mcswgn]

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ideally, getting this into one "statement" would be best.

 

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It would be very nice if Retrospect could handle Regular Expressions when constructing selectors. I would like to see an "Advanced" option which would switch you over to a text window and allow you to type in full regular expressions. I don't mind building selectors out of pieces, but sometimes figuring out how to reverse engineer the logic so that you can get a complicated mix of ANDs and ORs (that could be done very easily with parentheses) is a pain.

[Drishmung]

Selectors seem to be a bit of a black art.

 

I think it would be useful to make it easy to import and export individual selectors (in Express too ) and then provide a place on the Dantz forum for people to share them.