Re: Version 2.1.70 ms-dos fs strange.

[Richard B. Johnson]

On Sat, 6 Dec 1997, Ian Collier wrote:

> On 	Fri, 5 Dec 1997 19:50:14 -0500 (EST), Richard B. Johnson said:
> > # ls /tmp/*.bak
> > ls: /tmp/*.bak: No such file or directory
> > # ls /dos/drive_C/*.bak
> > ls: /dos/drive_C/*.bak: Invalid argument
> 
> Perhaps because stars aren't allowed in MSDOS filenames...
> 
> imc
> 

But *.bak (filename.bak, FILENAME.BAK) is an allowed MS-DOS file name.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson

Richard B. Johnson
Project Engineer
Analogic Corporation
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