From: j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
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Date: Sat, 27 Apr 96 23:47:00 UTC 0000
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Subject: Re: cgets() and more...

Reply to message 9016183    from ELIZ AT IS DOT ELTA. on 04/26/96  5:48AM


>> unix, DOS users take *.* to mean *all* files. I think it should at
>> least be mentioned in the chapter about globbing in the FAQ, if it can't
>> (or shouldn't) be fixed.
>
>Thanks for the suggestion.  I will mention this in the next release of
>the FAQ.

Another minor difference is that in DOS, *. gets files without extensions,
while the same in posix globbing doesn't get anything.  I guess it's
trying to find filenames that end in periods.

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Speaking of wildcards... I have completed my version of Unix 'whence'.
It isn't a direct port but rather my own program built from scratch.  As far
as I can tell, however, it works just fine.  Since it isn't something
specific to DJGPP, I probably shouldn't u/l it here, but as I mentioned
before I am limited in how I can do uploads from my Genie account to
the Net.  Would anybody be willing to receive a uuencoded email and
upload it to an ftp site or something similar?  Maybe I'll end up trying
AOl after all...

Thanks

John