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From: dpz@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (David P. Zimmerman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Pattern Matching & documentation
Message-ID: <7527@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU>
Date: Fri, 5-Dec-86 19:11:49 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  5 19:11:49 1986
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>>Ok. Whats wrong with finger \*@\*.berkeley.edu or
>>finger "*@*.berkeley.edu" or
>>set noglob
>>finger *@*.berkeley.edu
>>unset noglob
>>?
>
>Well, I agree that the above works, but it sure is a crude way of doing
>things.  Also, the filename expansion et al are supposed to be making the
...
>An idea:  if there are any spare bits in a file's "protection"
>code (read/write/execute/delete/archive/whatever...), maybe one could be
>defined as a "Filename expansion" bit.

That's an interesting hack, but a hack nonetheless.  Lord knows we
have enough problems with AmigaDOS without having to introduce hacks
into it - leave the file status bits for the status of the file.

Of course, now I've got to give my own idea.  Make a system call that
given a wildcard will return the appropriate expansion.  You still
have ease of wildcarding for the programmer, and yet also have
consistency for the user.  No hacks, no muss, no fuss, and a lot less
work for the OS, which only has to do expansion when asked to.


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