>> > >Dir [-]FOO??.A?M A ? is a single character wild card and the "[-]" says
>> > >search the directory level above the current one.
>> >
>> > Sorry, Allison, the single character wildcard in VMS is %.
>>
>>Try ?, it works. I think however it's not supported in DCL scripts.
>
> OpenVMS Alpha on SNEEZY
>$ dir *.?
>%DCL-W-PARMDEL, invalid parameter delimiter - check use of special characters
> \?\
I was thinking this might be a Alpha thing, so I just tried it on both a
VAX and a Alpha, with both running V7.2. Didn't work on either for me
either. Out of curiuosity what verion are you running Allison? Looks like
it might be a version thing.
Zane
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