Michael, I'll jump in briefly and mutter: concealed devices
In brief, no, they would not be equivalent (s /\]\[/\./) That is, the adjoining brackets do not just disappear, $ dir [friedberg.tools][com.fms] %DIRECT-E-OPENIN, error opening [FRIEDBERG.TOOLS][COM.FMS] as input -RMS-F-SYN, file specification syntax error $ dir [friedberg.tools.][com.fms] %DIRECT-E-OPENIN, error opening USER02:[COM.FMS]*.*;* as input -RMS-E-DNF, directory not found -SYSTEM-W-NOSUCHFILE, no such file $ dir [friedberg.tools.com.fms] Directory USER02:[FRIEDBERG.TOOLS.COM.FMS] FSC_GENERAL.DEVX;1 11/36 FSC_GENERAL.DIFF;1 3/36 FSC_GENERAL.PRDXX;1 11/36 Total of 3 files, 25/108 blocks. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Michael G Schwern [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 3:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: VOL:[foo.bar][baz.biff]file.tmp doesn't happen to work, does it? Just out of curiousity and desperate hope, this: VOLUME:[foo.bar][baz.biff]file.wif wouldn't happen to be equivalent to this: VOLUME:[foo.bar.baz.biff]file.wif ? -- Michael G. Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ Perl Quality Assurance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kwalitee Is Job One Please Captain, not in front of the Klingons.
