I would have explained that but my little ol fingers just get so tired. John Zoltak North American Mfg Co > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Vance [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, May 07, 1998 2:34 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] CALC FINFO(".",0) > > On May 7, 1:31pm, John Zoltak wrote: > > Subject: Re: CALC FINFO(".",0) > > Calc FInfo(".@",0) -> FInfo doesn't support wildcards, so I think > the > > '@' and everything after is just ignored, so it tests "." - current > > directory > > I believe that the '@' (or any other character that is not a valid > filename > character) is being used by FLABELINFO (FINFO calls FLABELINFO) as a > filename terminator. So, just '.' is considered the filename. > > > Calc FInfo("@.",0) -> tests for "" since everything after '@' is > > ignored. > > Correct. > > Jeff > > --