Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!apple!uokmax!munnari.oz.au!csc.anu.edu.au!manuel!ccadfa!prolix!dac From: dac@prolix.ccadfa.oz.au (Andrew Clayton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: AmigaDOS patterns with '~' Message-ID: <18949ff6.ARN2783@prolix.ccadfa.oz.au> Date: 25 Jan 91 15:44:22 GMT References: <04348.AA04348@ami-cg.UUCP> <17879@cbmvax.commodore.com> Reply-To: ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au!prolix!dac@munnari.OZ.AU Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Organization: I'm not an Organization - I'm a person! Lines: 18 In article , Robin Rosenberg INF writes: > > While on the subject; How do I delete files that end with a '~', mg3 > and gnuemacs creates backup files ending with a tilde. Under 2.02 i could use > delete #?[~] and it did the job. Under 2.03 it deletes all files (thanks). Does delete #?*~ work? Or doesn't "*" mean 'ignore special meaning of the following character' under 2.0x? I don't have Amigados 2.0x to work with and under 1.3.2 files with a '~' in them aren't a hassle. Dac -- _l _ _ // Andrew Clayton. Canberra, Australia. I Post . (_](_l(_ \X/ ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au!prolix!dac . . I am. -------- I cannot send or receive email. Not to anyone at all. Not even you.