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>VMS is still oddly restricted.  In many cases, you actually have to      
>type "*.*;*" to match everything in a directory, whereas you'd simply    
>type "*" under UNIX, "#?" under AmigaDOS, or "?*" in Apollo-OS.  I       
>suppose the MessyDOS user would be required to type "*.*".  Aren't      
>universal wildcards consistent?  At least with AmigaDOS, you know right 
>away you're dealing with something different.  The worst mistakes can be
>made by using a convention that's ALMOST like what you knew elsewhere.
                                  ^^^^^^
You mean like messydos. vs unix. I am used to *t8.* meaning all files with
thes string 't8.' somewhere in the name. I once had a lot of such files
on a Messydos machine. All files with 't8.' in their name were deleted...

...As well as all other files in that same directory. 'ALMOST' as unix.

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Robin Rosenberg