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From: lrg7030@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Loren  Rittle)
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Subject: Re: !.rexx (was Re: Shells)
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Date: 9 Dec 90 19:52:05 GMT
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A quick correction:
*  5) Unlike UNIX we don't pattern match directories.         
*  There are some good reasons for this, I just can't remember
*  them right at the moment :-).

Should say:
*  5) Unlike UNIX we don't allow patterns to match directories.
*  E.g.  work:adventure/advent.f is a valid file on our system.
*  echo work:ad*re/ad*f  would print work:adventure/advent.f,
*  whereas, echo work:ad*re would print (!.rexx would print, BTW)
*  No match.
*  There are some good reasons for this, I just can't remember
*  them right at the moment :-).

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Loren J. Rittle lrg7030@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu