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From: SEENGS1@MACALSTR.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: f$search() lexical question...
Message-ID: <8802210237.AA27516@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 16 Feb 88 21:07:00 GMT
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Hello there.  I have a small problem using the f$search lexical.
Given the following directory listing:

        $ dir [...]foo.*

        Directory DUA1:[EENGSTRO.PUBLIC]

        FOO.DIR;1                1/1       11-FEB-1988 10:58  (RWE,RWE,,RE)

        Directory DUA1:[EENGSTRO.PUBLIC.FOO]

        FOO.COM;1               25/25      11-FEB-1988 13:47  (RE,RWED,,RE)
        FOO.DAT;1               17/17      11-FEB-1988 13:47  (RE,RWED,,RE)

If I 'execute' the following code:

        $       SearchSpec = "DUA1:[EENGSTRO.PUBLIC...]FOO.*;"
        $       Num = 0
        $Search: Num = Num + 1
        $       SearchItem'Num' = f$search(SearchSpec,1)
        $       if SearchItem'Num' .eqs. "" then $ EXIT
        $       Write sys$output "   ''Num') ",SearchItem'Num'
        $       goto Search

I get the following output:

        1) DUA1:[EENGSTROM.PUBLIC]FOO.DIR;1
        2) DUA1:[EENGSTROM.PUBLIC.FOO]FOO.COM;1
        3) DUA1:[EENGSTROM.PUBLIC.FOO]FOO.DAT;1

While, someone else 'executing' the same code gets only this:

        1) DUA1:[EENGSTROM.PUBLIC]FOO.DIR;1

Could someone enlighten me on why this is so?

Also, this is on a VAX 11/780 under VMS 4.7.

Many thanks,

Eric Engstrom  -  Bitnet:  SEENGS1@Macalstr
1600 Grand Avenue
Macalester College
St. Paul, Minnesota  55105-1899,  U.S.A.

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