Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!cyclone01.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!voer-me.highwinds-media.com!npeersf01.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe26.ams2.POSTED!00000000!not-for-mail From: Ian Hamilton Subject: Re: Wildcards in Obey files Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.programmer Message-ID: <522ab85b7cIan.Hamilton@AAUG.Net> References: <5227152c09news*@Torrens.org.uk> <4ea6472e$0$30778$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> <522ae0640bnews*@Torrens.org.uk> User-Agent: Pluto/3.04e (RISC-OS/5.16) NewsHound/v1.52-32 Lines: 32 NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.44.198.150 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe26.ams2 1320052003 82.44.198.150 (Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:06:43 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:06:43 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:00:33 +0000 (GMT) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.sys.acorn.programmer:963 In article <522ae0640bnews*@Torrens.org.uk>, Richard Torrens (News) wrote: > In article <4ea6472e$0$30778$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr>, > Rick Murray wrote: > > On 24/10/2011 09:29, Richard Torrens (News) wrote: > > > Copy "logs-" > > > ".Logs-" R D > > [...] > > > So is there a way of deleting a wildcarded directory from an obey > > > file? > > I see no * or # in the line quoted. Wildcards != system variables. ;-) > > What I would wonder is if the quotes are necessary, and if they > > change behaviour (i.e. is passed literally > > instead of being expanded due to it being in quotes). > Sorry for using "wildcard" in subject. > I have tried all variants on this that I can think of! > It seems a line passed from a task window is simply treated differently > to the same line on an Obey file. Not sure why they should be any different. You could set the filetype to 'TaskObey'. Ian -- Ian Hamilton (Iyonix RO5) http://www.hamiltoni.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/