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From: irv@happym.wa.com (Irving Wolfe)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.apps,gnu.utils.bug
Subject: Re: Filename expansion missing from MSDOS gawk, version 2.11
Keywords: gawk, filename
Message-ID: <321@happym.wa.com>
Date: 29 Jun 90 03:49:48 GMT
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bsrdp@warwick.ac.uk (Hylton Boothroyd) writes:

>On an MSDOS system, ...
>wildcards are dealt with *within*each*application*

>The 2.11 version currently on SIMTEL does not

A better solution than a mere upgrade to handle stars might be getting a 
reasonable shell that will run under MSDOS.  They exist; MKS has made a fine 
one and I'm sure there are others. 
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