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Article #1215Re: DOS doesn't expands wildcard argument...!
From: Mike Rubenstein
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 02:37
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 02:37
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budlo@bud.com (Bud Lo) wrote: > hello... > > i've written a C program and compiled both a Unix and DOS version, > the Unix version correctly expands its wildcard argument like *.jpg > into its constituent files while the DOS version do nothing... > Can anyone suggest solution to make it work in DOS... > > (i know that the Unix's shell do the work of wildcard expansion > before passing them to my program, and observing this behaviors > in DOS, does it imply that command.com simply leave this task to > programmer???) Yes, but every C compiler I've seen for DOS includes a file that you can just link in with your program to get the wildcard expansion. Check your documentation. Michael M Rubenstein
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!ix.netcom.com!news From: miker3@ix.netcom.com (Mike Rubenstein) Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: DOS doesn't expands wildcard argument...! Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 02:37:27 GMT Organization: Netcom Message-ID: <3177f570.165236126@nntp.ix.netcom.com> References: <3177b1d9.14121359@news.hk.linkage.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-dc12-18.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Fri Apr 19 9:34:36 PM CDT 1996 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99d/32.182