Limitations on the Use of the '*' Wildcard Character (50075)
The information in this article applies to:
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.1
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.2
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.21
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 3.3a
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 4.01
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 5.0a
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.0
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.2
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.21
• Microsoft MS-DOS operating system 6.22
This article was previously published under Q50075
SUMMARY
The asterisk (*) wildcard character cannot be placed before a static string
in a wildcard search path. When the MS-DOS file search routines find an
asterisk wildcard character in a path, the routines fill the remaining
filename field with the question-mark (?) wildcard character. When this
happens, any static text in the filename following the asterisk is
discarded.
Modification Type: |
Major |
Last Reviewed: |
5/12/2003 |
Keywords: |
KB50075 |
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