Re: Ok, so how about * = #?

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From: Linda Seebach
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 1990 09:02

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In article <3422@orbit.cts.com> koleman@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Kurt Koller) writes:
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>Since no one cares about my Wshell question (GUILT) how about this...
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>I've been hearing alot about the * = #? option of the 2.0 OS.  Something about
>setting a bit somewhere, and Voila! you can now use * for a #?.  How?
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>Kurt "Koleman" Koller - tcnet!orbit!pnet51!koleman
No idea. I'd love it, though...
I do know that the "Amiga" routine that comes with Aztec C for matching file
patterns uses * and ?, and will not recognize #?... Thus, it's easier to
write programs which match *...

--SeebS--
Prophet in Exile

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From: mndaily@ux.acs.umn.edu (Linda Seebach)
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Subject: Re: Ok, so how about * = #?
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Date: 22 Nov 90 09:02:46 GMT
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