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From: markv@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Ok, so how about * = #?
Message-ID: <26889.273fce5f@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 13 Nov 90 15:43:43 GMT
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Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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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?

The problem with *=#? is one I am dealing with in a program and is one
of my gripes with #? in general.  #? isn't quite like * because #?
requires at least one charecter.  So if I have a dir like:

	Program	Program.c Program.o Program.info Progranny

If I want all the files for Program, I cant do "dir Program#?" because
I wont match Program.  On the otherhand if I do "dir Progra#?" its a
kludge because I have to keep from typing the last char, and I might
get files I don't care about, like Progranny.  (I realize this is a
dumb example, but it makes my point).

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