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From: Julian.Wright@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Julian Wright)
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Subject: Re: possible bug in filer_opendir
Keywords: bug filer_opendir expansion
Message-ID: <1991Jun01.125533.18239@comp.vuw.ac.nz>
Date: 1 Jun 91 12:55:33 GMT
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|>   Set Directory$Dir adfs::14_45_Fri.$
|>   Filer_OpenDir <Directory$Dir>.Directory
|> 
|>   won't work whereas
|> 
|>   Filer_OpenDir adfs::14_45_Fri.$.Directory
|> 
|>   does!!!!
|> 
|> Am I doing something very stupid or is the problem in Filer_OpenDir
|> command???

No, you aren't crazy... the problem is with Filer_OpenDir. There is a
way around it however. Simply define an alias as follows:

*Set Alias$Filer_OpenDir
	Set Alias$OD "%Filer_OpenDir %*0"|mOD|mUnsetAlias$OD|m

and the _alias_ expansion when the temp command OD is created will do
what we want. Remember that if you put this in an obey file it will have
to be:
	Set Alias$OD "%Filer_OpenDir %%*0"||mOD||mUnsetAlias$OD||m
or something like that. I can never remember what combination of double
"|"s and double "%"s to use when defining aliases in obey files... :-(

    Cheers, Julian.
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