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
>
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