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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 11:28:10 GMT -5
I have upgraded to 8.4.6153 and discovered an error. In FM I type c:\dirname\*.txt and get c:\dirname\*.txt\ back when I press <enter>. I noticed the upgrade fixes mention adding the trailing \ for consistency. Did I find a bug or was that the original intent? Thx.
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Post by George on Jun 21, 2016 15:13:56 GMT -5
iprefer432:
This is a matter of interpretation I guess. The FM Path line was never meant to be a path/filemask field, just the path.
i.e. your request would be a path of C:\dirname\ and the file mask would be *.txt.
The reasoning here is because the file mask field in SPFLite is much more powerful than the simple Windows style file mask.
e.g.
File Mask: aa*.txt;bb*.txt;cc*.txt;-*bak.txt
to get all files that match aa*.txt, or bb*.txt or cc*.txt but ignoring any ending in bak.txt.
The recent change in effect just reinforced the requirement for the path to be just that, a path only.
George
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2016 15:38:16 GMT -5
George,
I understand what you mean. I did as you said and it works as expected. You cleaned up some code and I got caught. "Been there. Done that."
iprefer432
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Post by George on Jun 21, 2016 15:50:10 GMT -5
iprefer432: Glad you understand. Yes, we've all been through that "well - the old way was better!" feeling as software we use evolves. Like ISPF when they imposed all that CUA crap, with pull-down menus etc - on a 3270! Still gives me the willies.
George
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