OK, so we agree that MS-DOS and Windows command/cmd translate "dir *" to dir"*.*" Not only only is a compatibility thing, also is logic * means "any possible filename", not "any possible filename without extension".
So there is a small bug. I would say a very minor detail, and anyway, on DOS is general the use of *.* on command line and/or bat files. There is another small detail. The copy function at freecom don't concatenate files as command.com does. copy chapter1.txt + chapter2.txt + chapter3.txt book.txt Is needed for compatibility. If you check installation process of mulinux and monkey linux (both are old linux that works over DOS using umsdos). The hability to concatenate files is needed to sucessfully complete the installation. Monkey needs to concatenate the arj file so may be decompressed. Mulinux concatenate files boot + root + user to generate a boot floppy. So there is at least two notable examples of incompatibility of command and freecom. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Marco A. Achury Tel: +58-(212)-6158777 Cel: +58-(414)-3142282 Fax: +58-(212)-2410828 Skype: marcoachury www.geocities.com/marcoachury Robert Riebisch escribió: > "Alain M." wrote: > > >> Robert Riebisch escreveu: >> >>> Jim Hall wrote: >>> >>>> But I don't recall MS-DOS wildcards that way. I remember "DIR *" was >>>> the same as "DIR *." not "DIR *.*". I guess I'm wrong. >>>> >>> Yes, you are wrong. ;-) Tested on MS-DOS 5.00 and 6.22. >>> >> Can you be more specific? >> > > I think, it was clear enough already, but anyway... > As Jim is wrong: "DIR *" _IS_ the same as "DIR *.*" for MS-DOS versions > 5.00 and 6.22. > > Robert Riebisch > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
