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- WildStar - enable asterisk (*) filename wildcards
- Author: Mark R. Rinfret
-
- Usage: WildStar - reports current state
- WildStar ON - enables asterisk wildcards
- WildStar OFF - disables asterisk wildcards
-
- This program controls the use of asterisk (*) as a valid wildcard
- character for the AmigaDOS filename pattern matching routines. When
- enabled, the asterisk is equivalent to the #? combination.
-
- Copy this program to your C: directory or other directory containing
- program files. It will typically be called from your S:user-startup
- file.
-
- To test its operation, do the following:
-
- wildstar off
- LIST pat=*
- wildstar on
- LIST pat=*
-
- You should notice that nothing is listed with the first invocation of
- the LIST command. The second LIST command should display whatever
- files are in the current directory. Also worthy of mention is the
- fact that the asterisk character is also (still) recognized as the
- console device name by some programs, even after it is enabled as a
- wildcard character. The LIST command is an example of this.
-
- LIST *
-
- will generate an error message, while
-
- LIST #?
-
- will not. That's why we used "pat=*" in the above examples.
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