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   Message 6,366 of 8,958   
   Kees van Eeten to Fabio Bizzi   
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   08 Nov 19 12:19:56   
   
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   MSGID: 2:280/5003.4 5dc550f3   
   CHRS: LATIN-1 2   
   TZUTC: 0100   
   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08   
   Hello Fabio!   
      
   08 Nov 19 09:46, you wrote to me:   
      
    FB> 08 Nov 19 00:17, you wrote to me:   
      
    FB>>> This doesent work:   
    FB>>> exec "/home/husky/bin/netsegments.sh" net33?.???   
      
    FB>>> This always works:   
    FB>>> exec "/home/husky/bin/mailin.sh" *.su? *.mo? *.tu? *.we? *.th?   
    FB>>> *.fr? *.sa? *.tic *.pkt   
      
    KE>>  Those files have wildcard that includes the full path   
    KE>>   */net33?.??? should work as well.   
      
    FB> So the facing asterisk in the working example has a double meaning:   
      
    FB> 1) Every file name before the dot.   
    FB> 2) Every path.   
      
    FB> It sounds a bit odd. :) Usually in *nix shells the wildcard limits it   
    FB> influence only on the file name and doesn't touch the path.   
      
    It looked strange to me as well. But we are used to use the wildcard in   
    a search though directories. In the case of binkd, binkd has the fqn as   
    parameter and compares it with the wildcard mask.   
      
   Kees   
      
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