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From: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson)
Newsgroups: net.wanted.sources,net.unix-wizards
Subject: fix for Sys Vr2 vi for * and ? pathname expansion
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Date: Thu, 13-Jun-85 15:31:21 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 13 15:31:21 1985
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Our vi (Sys Vr2) always says "Too many filenames" whenever you ask
it (from inside the editor) to read in a pathname with any of the
normal * or ? wild card characters in it.  Does anyone have fixes
for this?

Thanks muchly in advance,
-- 

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