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Date:	Sat, 15 Feb 1997 18:37:21 +0000
From:	Dave Pearson <davep AT hagbard DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
To:	opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject:	Re: ~OD: Re: [opendos] [OpenDOS] Wishlist part 2
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In-Reply-To:	<Pine.LNX.3.95.970215053627.900W-100000@capslock.com>; from mharris@blackwidow.saultc.on.ca on Feb 02, 1997 at 05:39:57AM -0500
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On Feb 02, 1997 at 05:39:57AM -0500, mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Dave Pearson wrote:
> 
> > [Hmm, I wonder what could be done about building support for the extended
> >  wildcard system at the findfirst()/findnext() level inside OD itself....]
> 
> Wouldn't THAT be nice!  One problem though.  The characters that
> are used in extended wildcards wouldn't be available as filename
> characters.  ie: '[' and ']'  Or are they not allready?  Hmmm.

That's a bloody good point, I didn't think about that. Well, I didn't
think it thru that much at all, it was more a 'I wonder'.

Still, it would be kind of cool.

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