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From: flowers@ucla-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: expansion of *FOO.* = *.*   ?!?
Message-ID: <5734@shemp.UCLA.EDU>
Date: Wed, 29-Apr-87 00:22:39 EDT
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Posted: Wed Apr 29 00:22:39 1987
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Why does the fact that DOS treats *FOO.* (as in "DIR *FOO.*") the same
as "*.*" remain unfixed?

Does anyone know of a patch to fix this?