Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!unixhub!slacvm!wglp09
From: WGLP09@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: How does one get * and ? (arp wildcards) in 2
Message-ID: <91079.135056WGLP09@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 20 Mar 91 21:50:56 GMT
References: <16680@chopin.udel.edu> <1991Mar17.014929.1270@marlin.jcu.edu.au>
 <1991Mar19.092310.7500@janus.mtroyal.ab.ca>
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Lines: 7

That's correct. AmigaDOS 2.0 has the hidden bit to enable substitution of
#? for embedded * etc., but a single * by itself still means "console".
Compatibility seems to be the excuse...

      Willy.
----------
Willy Langeveld - Bitnet: WGLP09 @ SLACVM - BIX: langeveld