A common way to search for files on eDenkey is the substrings query. This means that you enter parts of the filename. These substrings have to be separated by spaces like mysql tar.

Another easy way to search files with a bit more precision is using the glob search. The * has a special meaning in this kind of search.

The most control gives you the regex search which is mainly used by advanced users. Filewatcher supports only "simple" regex search patterns.

Below are examples for the various query types.

Substrings Query

gimp

files which include the substring "gimp"

gimp i386

files which include the substrings "gimp" and "i386"

Glob Query

gimp*

files which begin with "gimp"

gimp*extras*

files which begin with "gimp" followed by "extras"

gimp*extras*rpm

same as above, but only rpm files

*fax*

filenames which include the substring "fax"

[jkx]pilot*

files which begin with "jpilot", "kpilot", or "xpilot"

Regex Query

^gimp

files which begin with "gimp"

^gimp.*extras

files which begin with "gimp" followed by "extras"

^gimp.*extras.*rpm$

same as above, but only rpm files

fax

filenames which include the substring "fax"

^auto(make|config)

files which begin with "automake" or "autoconfig"