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echo: nthelp
to: Frank Haber
from: Ned F. Reiter
date: 2003-01-06 16:21:04
subject: Re: Ultrabac messages

From: "Ned F. Reiter" 

I actually used

dir *0. /s/p >dir.txt

to search for directories ending in a zero. I actually used an
old DOS program, LIST, to search the dir.txt file.  Unfortunately, I didn't
find any suspects.

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"Frank Haber"  wrote in message
news:3e19fdec{at}w3.nls.net...
> Amazing.  These work even in Win98.  When did "dir *0" stop
being the same
> as "dir *?"  And when did "dir 0" start picking up
files like "0.FOO?"
Win
> 95?
>
> You used to need 4DOS or a third-party file util for DECish wildcards.

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