> > I've got some MPE/iX command files that need to work on files that exist in > the Posix name space. I have had excellent success just running the > appropriate command from HPBIN.SYS and passing the parameters in quotes. > However, I have just discovered that passing wild cards doesn't seem to > work. For example, let's say I've got a file called "fred.091196". The > following command works just fine: > > LS.HPBIN.SYS "fred.091196" > > But the following command returns a "file not found" message: > > LS.HPBIN.SYS "fred.*" > > Is there a "trick" to getting this to work? Or will it simply not work > unless I am actually running in the Posix shell? > > Gary > Gary, Typically the shell expands wildcards. Non-shell programs can be linked with a special library LIBCWC.LIB.SYS that expands MPE wildcard characters in their ;INFO strings. (Page 8-20 HP C/iX Ref. manual.) Ross -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ross Scroggs email: [log in to unmask] Telamon, Inc. CIS: 76011,2234 492 Ninth Street, Suite 310 voice: 510-987-7700 Oakland, CA 94607-4098 fax: 510-987-7009 --------------------------------------------------------------------