> Is the regex wildcard for refresh_pattern a '.*' or just a '.'. . and * have the same meaning in Squid as in any other regex system. We use the OS regex libraries to interpret them. '.' means any single character, * means none-or-more repeating. > I want to apply a pattern match to some specific jar files that fit a > pattern of 'name.jar-serialnumber.zip' > > > Would the correct pattern match then be 'refresh_pattern -i name.jar.*' > ? Just to be sure it only matches them, I'd use: -i name\.jar-[^\.]+\.zip Amos