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From: d9hh@dtek.chalmers.se (Henrik Harmsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: How does one get * and ? (arp wildcards) in 2
Message-ID: <1991Mar21.215528.24396@mathrt0.math.chalmers.se>
Date: 21 Mar 91 21:55:28 GMT
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In <91079.135056WGLP09@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> WGLP09@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes:

>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

Try '**' instead of '*' when you want it single without any characters to 
the left or to the right...  Yes this IS to avoid confusion with the console.

   Henrik


Henrik Harmsen - Internet: d9hh@dtek.chalmers.se