Re: dir() in linux

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Jerry Story writes:
> The Euphoria manual, under "dir", says:
> "On Windows and DOS st can contain * and ? wildcards
>  to select multiple files."

>   Does this mean dir() can't use wildcards on Linux?

That's right.
On Windows and DOS, the C library provides
this wildcard functionality. On Linux, 
you'll have to write your own Euphoria code to filter out 
the filenames that you want/don't want.
Maybe someday I'll get around to enhancing dir on Linux/FreeBSD etc.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com

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