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From: darrylo@hpsrlc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: expansion of *FOO.* = *.*   ?!?
Message-ID: <3320011@hpsrlc.HP.COM>
Date: Thu, 30-Apr-87 11:04:59 EDT
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Posted: Thu Apr 30 11:04:59 1987
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In / comp.sys.ibm.pc / flowers@CS.UCLA.EDU /  9:22 pm  Apr 28, 1987 /

> 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?
> ----------

     Unfortunately, Messy-Dos does not support regular expression
pattern matching.  To fix this, you'd probably have to write your own
command.com-like shell (you could, I suppose, hack and slash
command.com to support *FOO.*, but the work involved in disassembling
command.com and finding a safe place to put the patch would probably
be as much work as writing your own shell).

     Sorry for the bad news.

     -- Darryl Okahata
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