From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 02:40:14 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca To: Dave Pearson cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Subject: Re: ~OD: Re: [opendos] [OpenDOS] Wishlist part 2 In-Reply-To: <19970215183721.55934@hagbard.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk On Sat, 15 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. I agree. It would be nice. It could be a "CONFIG.SYS" setting possibly. A kinda kludgy one, but... Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Caldera sues Microsoft - Visit Caldera's website: www.caldera.com