From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 21:22:45 -0500 (EST)
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To: Jason White <whiteja AT rvib2 DOT rvib DOT org DOT au>
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Subject: Re: [opendos] [OpenDOS] Wishlist part 2
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On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Jason White wrote:

> Command.com and other programmes that come with OpenDOS could also be
> modified to handle the asterisk wildcard properly. Currently, it matches
> all characters up to the end of the file name or extension, regardless of
> whether or not any characters are specified after the asterisk. This
> anomaly should be corrected.

Agreed, added to wishlist.  4DOS does this allready.

ie:  copy *ile*.txt \

will copy files.txt, piles.txt, milej.txt, etc

> Also, it should be possible to match entire
> sets of characters, for example by giving the expression:
> chapter[1-9].txt

Also added to wishlist.  4DOS also does this allready.  :o)

> Already, OpenDOS has extensive command line editing facilities. Perhaps
> file name completion could be added as well, or is this asking for too
> much?

No, not asking too much.  Added to wishlist.  But, once
again, 4DOS does this allready.  :o)


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