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Article #6275Re: Wildcard types
From: Brian Jackson
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 1990 03:11
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 1990 03:11
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In article <1990Nov1.181023.21485@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> jdickson@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Jeff Dickson) writes:
>
> I too despise CBM's choice of wild card characters, although '#' is
>more logical than '*'. I've gotten used to it by now, but my largest comp-
>laint is that there is no current directory character ala UNIX. Under UNIX
>if you want to copy a file elsewhere to the current directory you can easily
>state '.' as in:
>
> copy /usr/local/bin/somefile .
>
> Under AmigaDOS you have to use the actual name or more of some kind
>of convoluted name (slashes '/' and subdirectory names).
Not so, unless you consider "" convoluted. The way to do this is :
copy /usr/local/bin/somefile ""
Works like a champ.
> Jeff
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!cbmvax!bj From: bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Wildcard types Message-ID: <15532@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 2 Nov 90 03:11:18 GMT References: <87.272D0968@myamiga.UUCP> <1990Nov01.061846.27994@hoss.unl.edu> <1990Nov1.181023.21485@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> Reply-To: bj@cbmvax.commodore.com (Brian Jackson) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 26