-=> Mario Thies wrote to Tony Dunlap about <=-
       -=> 4NT/4Dos wildcard-problem on 12-25-98  14:34 <=-


 MT>> Can anyone explain why theese listed files match to the selection
 MT>> *~*?
 TD> Because their short names all contain the tilde character.
 MT> I see and also found this part in the 4nt help.

 MT> But is there any solution? The only way I know is to disable the
 MT> creation of short names on ntfs volumes in the registry.

Maybe something like this might be what you're looking for.

for %var in (?~.*) ...
for %var in (??~.*) ...
for %var in (???~.*) ...
for %var in (????~.*) ...
etc.


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