Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!nnews!uunet!cbmvax!daveh From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction Subject: Re: Wildcards in the CLI Message-ID: <21405@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 8 May 91 20:43:10 GMT References: <1991Apr25.100919.21595@fwi.uva.nl> <21179@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1991May7.003043.8751@bilver.uucp> Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 26 In article <1991May7.003043.8751@bilver.uucp> alex@bilver.uucp (Alex Matulich) writes: >In article mstgil@sol.acs.unt.edu writes: >>I agree with you Dave, but wouldn't it be simple to go ahead and support the >>* wildcard as well as the # and ? wildcards? Since #? is functionally >>equivalent to * (right?) what's the difficulty? Doing so would satisfy >>everyone, wouldn't it? >That's why I use the ARP commands. They give you the best of both worlds. >If ARP can reasonably support * (and in a consistent manner, yet), why >can't AmigaDOS? Maybe because * is already taken. What does ARP do with: copy * quick_file If it doesn't let me type from the console into a file called "quick_file", then its doing the wrong thing. The "* kludge" feature of 2.0 handles the use of * intelligently, at least; the above example works correctly, but * can be used as shorthand for #? as long as other characters go with it. Personally, I have no use for the "* kludge" feature, but others can switch it on when using 2.0 if they like. -- Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests" {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: hazy BIX: hazy "That's me in the corner, that's me in the spotlight" -R.E.M.