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Article #6612Re: Wildcard types
From: Henrik Clausen
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 1990 14:54
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 1990 14:54
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In article <15517@cbmvax.commodore.com>, Andy Finkel writes:
> Ah, the eternal debate. This, and setting the filedate on COPY :-)
>
> 1. typing #? instead of * isn't that hard.
Shifted characters on either side of the keyboard... sigh.
> 2. Amiga wildcards are regular expressions, more powerful than
> the simple PC *
So true.
> 3. 2.0 dos.library has a bit which, if you set it, makes * a synonym for #?
I've done a nice program to do this. It's mailed to the sources
moderator, 88 bytes executable and source in C.
I might be pursuaded to mail a copy to interested parties.
> "It is much easier to suggest solutions when you know nothing about the
> problem."
And very easy to report problems if you know nothing about computers :-)
-Henrik
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!bagate!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmdeo!adspdk!hclausen From: hclausen@adspdk.UUCP (Henrik Clausen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Wildcard types Message-ID: <1833d832.ARN03996@adspdk.UUCP> Date: 13 Nov 90 14:54:26 GMT References: <87.272D0968@myamiga.UUCP> <1990Nov01.061846.27994@hoss.unl.edu> <15517@cbmvax.commodore.com> Reply-To: hclausen@adspdk.UUCP Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.tech Organization: Graffiti Data Lines: 32