Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!leah!rpi!rpi.edu!deven From: deven@pawl.rpi.edu (Deven Corzine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: AmigaDos vs Unix wildcards/pathnames Message-ID: Date: 25 Mar 89 05:20:46 GMT References: <11241@ut-emx.UUCP> <6306@cbmvax.UUCP> <353@bnr-fos.UUCP> <6342@cbmvax.UUCP> <6391@cbmvax.UUCP> Sender: usenet@rpi.edu Reply-To: shadow@pawl.rpi.edu (Deven Thomas Corzine) Organization: RPI Public Access Workstation Lab, Troy NY Lines: 56 In-reply-to: andy@cbmvax.UUCP's message of 24 Mar 89 00:20:43 GMT In article <6391@cbmvax.UUCP> andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) writes: >I'm pleased you have accepted the challenge you've been leading up >to. (no, not the 20 minute CLI, the Unix style interface) It was my intention all along. And I'm not one to pass up a challenge if it suits me not to. :-) [nice 'n' arbitrary that way... :-)] >I look foward to seeing what you come up with. I certainly >do agree that flame discussions about wildcards is wasted, >which is why I *finally*, after what seemed like hundreds of >messages of argument, posted something which I hope will >end the thread. what something be that? [maybe I'll see it] >By the way, whenever you find yourself commenting on the grammer >and/or spelling of a poster who disagrees with you (especially >those little ones that are caused by quick typing :-) you should >realize that your posting just aquired a negative informational >content, and you should take out your handy editor and remove >the offending lines so the momentary lapse into cheap shots >does not go beyond your own terminal. Why, though I was tempted >to respond in kind, you will find no trace of it here. Well, I figured, while I'm being nitpickety and obnoxious, I might as well go the whole route. :-) Usually, I just ignore it or take editorial liscense and fix typos when quoting. (Along with margins, often, for legibility...) >>discussion remains before I begin serious coding. It is difficult to >>write reliable code when the manuals are sketchy and ambiguous. I am >>clearing up the ambiguities now. Then, we shall see. >and .tech is the place for that discussion; I've even anwered your >questions a couple times. I think we both agree that the place >for the endless flame about #? vs * is nil: .tech certainly is the place, and that is why I've posted there. And yes, you've made some points. Randell has been an enormous help in clarifying issues. Flame wars about #? vs. * to /dev/null. :-) However, I STILL think C-A should implement * as an option... (can base it on context) >So get to work :-) I am, I am. :-) Soon. Deven -- ------- shadow@pawl.rpi.edu ------- Deven Thomas Corzine --------------------- Cogito shadow@acm.rpi.edu 2346 15th Street Pi-Rho America ergo userfxb6@rpitsmts.bitnet Troy, NY 12180-2306 (518) 272-5847 sum... In the immortal words of Socrates: "I drank what?" ...I think.