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From: grx1042@uoft02.utoledo.edu (Steve Snodgrass)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Wildcards (+ZOO)
Message-ID: <121.2602a95f@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
Date: 18 Mar 90 02:17:19 GMT
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In article <10209@cbmvax.commodore.com>, daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
> In article <23494@usc.edu> addison@pollux.usc.edu (Richard Addison) writes:
>>That is, it thrashes around for quite a while before getting down to
>>business.  Now, if I CD Ram: first and then try:
> 
>>	ZOO v DH0:BigDir/foo.zoo
> 
>>it does not thrash around.  Why?
> 
> It sure sounds like it's creating some temporary files in the current
> directory, which is probably a UNIX-ism.  It would work better in the 
> general case if, when making temporary files, it put them in "T:", the
> proper place for temporary files on the Amiga.

Actually, what is happening is when you do a:

Zoo v file

Zoo for some reason appends an * onto file.  I guess this is supposed to be a
feature that lets you type only a partial name, i.e. if you have a file:

whatchamacallit.zoo

You only have to type "zoo v what" and it will work.  On the other hand, if you
include the ".zoo" in your filename, zoo will not add the *.  Thus, without the
".zoo" it ends up searching the whole directory structure, thrashing the disk,
whereas with the ".zoo" it just goes straight to that file.

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