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From: cseaman@sequent.UUCP (Chris "I'm Outta Here, Man!" Seaman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: file name *
Message-ID: <36805@sequent.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jun 90 19:02:41 GMT
References: <1636@raybed2.msd.ray.com> <30770@cup.portal.com>
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Beaverton, OR
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phorgan@cup.portal.com (Patrick John Horgan) writes:
< Wish I could help you, this used to happen to me as well, and when it
< did the ls that comes with Manx wouldn't list anyfiles!  I found that
< delete ? would get rid of it since the only other 1 character things 
< in my root were directories and they wouldn't delete.
< If you find out, please email me.
< 
< Patrick Horgan                      phorgan@cup.portal.com

If my memory serves, the '*' file is a byproduct of the player program
from The Director.  I recall noticing the problem after I ran the
'Walker II' demo, and was able to repeat it consistently (i.e., run
'ls dh0:', no '*' file, run Walker II demo, run ls again, erase '*' file).
If I remember right, the problem only occurs when running from the
Workbench.

There may be other programs which have this same problem, but The Director
is the one that comes to mind.

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