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Article #6442Re: Wildcard types
From: markv
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 1990 15:49
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 1990 15:49
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> 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). Hmm, AmigaDOS does have a current directory charecter(pair). Try: copy SYS:local/bin/somefile "" > Lets be careful not to put IBM PC's above Amigas (in this respect). > At least Amiga's use the same subdirectory seperatiion character that UNIX > does '/'! Why on earth did IBM choose to use back slashes '\' instead? How > retarded! Agreed. I also never understood the reasons for having a true directory entry for ".." and ".". > Jeff -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark Gooderum Only... \ Good Cheer !!! Academic Computing Services /// \___________________________ University of Kansas /// /| __ _ Bix: markgood \\\ /// /__| |\/| | | _ /_\ makes it Bitnet: MARKV@UKANVAX \/\/ / | | | | |__| / \ possible... Internet: markv@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!markv From: markv@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Wildcard types Message-ID: <26626.2739382d@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Date: 8 Nov 90 15:49:16 GMT References: <87.272D0968@myamiga.UUCP> <1990Nov01.061846.27994@hoss.unl.edu> <1990Nov1.181023.21485@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services Lines: 34