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Article #2962Re: Wildcards
From: Dave Haynie
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 1990 15:32
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 1990 15:32
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In article <MWM.90Mar15110039@raven.pa.dec.com> mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (Real Amiga have keyboard garages) Meyer) writes:
>In article <3138@draken.nada.kth.se> d88-skl@nada.kth.se (Stellan Klebom) writes:
>Yup, the "..." notation is missing from DOS. And from most things.
>That and the "*" notation is an addition to VMS since I last used it -
>"*" used to be restricted oddly, so that "xy*zy" wouldn't work.
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.
> <mike
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cica!iuvax!rutgers!cbmvax!daveh From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Wildcards Message-ID: <10211@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 16 Mar 90 15:32:10 GMT References: <102618@linus.UUCP> <3138@draken.nada.kth.se> <MWM.90Mar15110039@raven.pa.dec.com> Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax (Dave Haynie) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 22