While Dave Freeman was typing about Re: AmigaDOS 8^(

Dave,

 DF> Wildcards don't work in this context.  Here's a 'work-around' that I use
 DF> quite effectively here though:

 DF>  -----8<-----
 DF>  FailAt 21
 DF>  Echo "Checking for New Mail..." NOLINE
 DF>  Dir >NIL: In:#?
 DF>  IF NOT ERROR
 DF>    Echo "New Mail Found on `Date`"
 DF>    Echo "Nodelist Processing Started..."
 DF>    Echo "Checking for Node Diff ... " NOLINE
 DF>    DIR >NIL: In:NODEDIFF.L??
 DF>    IF ERROR
 DF>      Echo "None Found."
 DF>    ELSE
 DF>      Echo "New Node Diff Found."
 DF>  ... and so on ...
 DF>  -----8<-----

Thanx muchly for that. It certainly achieves what I wanted.

There is an example much the same in the AmigaDOS 3.1 manual. Guess 
which one of us RTFM.

BTW Did you notice the Echo OS2REXX has just been added to the NA 
backbone. Maybe a few ex-Amigans who've defected to OS/2?

 Cache Ya,
 Craig.                       chutch{at}nwamiga.apana.org.au

... "Stranded in the gas station of love..."
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