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From: khb%chiba@Sun.COM (Keith Bierman - Sun Tactical Engineering)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Cobol Data Corporation Cyber 180 (was Re: 64 bits)
Keywords: CDC,Cyber180,wildcards
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Date: 5 Jan 89 19:20:15 GMT
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In article <1128@raspail.UUCP> bga@raspail.UUCP (Bruce Albrecht) writes:
>
>Wildcards make make some things easier, but the lack of them doesn't prevent 
>one from getting the job done.  I'm curious, though, about 'present-day
>standards'.  Does VMS have wildcard file names?  How about MVS or other IBM,
>Unisys, etc., mainframe operating systems?

No smilely face, so you must be serious !!!

VMS  wild cards (of course)
UNIX and all varients (unicos, etc.)  wild cards (ditto)
Unisys (EXEC-8, very old version) form of wild cards and a limited directory
       facilty ("program files")
CMS    (ibm under VM) has them (if memory serves, I could be wrong on this)
MULTICS (if memory serves) wc 
RSTS   (dec pre-vms, pre vax) wc
etc.

Keith H. Bierman
It's Not My Fault ---- I Voted for Bill & Opus