Using wildcard characters
What makes a profile generic is the use of special characters (wildcard characters) in the profile name. For example, the ? wildcard character matches any single character in a name. So, if you specify
ABC.?EF, the authorization you give to that profile applies to any objects created with the names
ABC.DEF, ABC.CEF, ABC.BEF, and so on.
The wildcard characters available are:
- ?
- Use the question mark (?) instead of any single character. For example,
AB.?D would apply to the objects AB.CD, AB.ED, and
AB.FD.
- *
- Use the asterisk (*) as:
- A qualifier in a profile name to match any one qualifier in an object name. A qualifier is the part of an object name delimited by a period. For example, in
ABC.DEF.GHI, the qualifiers are
ABC, DEF, and GHI.
For example,
ABC.*.JKL would apply to the objects ABC.DEF.JKL, and ABC.GHI.JKL. (Note that it would not apply to ABC.JKL; * used in this context always indicates one qualifier.)
- A character within a qualifier in a profile name to match zero or more characters within the qualifier in an object name.
For example,
ABC.DE*.JKL would apply to the objects ABC.DE.JKL, ABC.DEF.JKL, and ABC.DEGH.JKL.
- **
- Use the double asterisk (**) once in a profile name as:
- The entire profile name to match all object names. For example, if you use the keyword
OBJTYPE (*PRC) to identify processes, then use ** as the profile name, you change the authorizations for all processes.
- As either the beginning, middle, or ending qualifier in a profile name to match zero or more qualifiers in an object name. For example,
**.ABC identifies all objects with the final qualifier ABC.