Message-ID:	<3B13D611.7363242A@alpha.delta.edu>
Date:	Tue, 29 May 2001 13:02:09 -0400
From:	"David Witbrodt" <dawitbro AT alpha DOT delta DOT edu>
Organization:	Delta College
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	FAQ saves the day
Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

DJGPP people,

  I've been working on a program to list the files in a directory (my
own personal replacement for "dir"), in color, with auto-paging, with
drive space statistics, etc.
  I ran into a problem with wildcard args being expanded
automatically, not the traditional DOS behavior I was used to.  A
quick glance at the FAQ brought me to section 16.2, and all was well
within 2 or 3 minutes!

  I just want to thank Eli and anyone else who helps maintain the
FAQ.  As I continue to relearn programming I have lots of questions,
but the various DJGPP resources out there (incl. the FAQ) usually
cover everything, so that I don't have to post to this list very
often.
  I sometimes get annoyed at all of the posts I see, asking about
questions I know are covered in the FAQ.  But I try to remember that
people probably don't expect to have so much help available for FREE!
It's a real tribute to how things could (arguably, should) work
differently in this world.

Thanks again to DJ, Eli, and all of the other maintainers
for all of the work you do!

Dave W.

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