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dir() bug in Linux

• Posted by Irv Mullins <irvm at ellijay.com> Apr 20, 2001
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>From the html manual:

include file.e
 x = dir(st)
Return directory information for the file or directory named by st. 
If there is no file or directory with this name then -1 is returned. 
st can contain * and ? wildcards to select multiple files. 
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Nope. 
If 'st' contains an asterisk, e.g. x = dir("/home/irv/*.exu") then the 
program bombs.
Same with x = dir(*.exu") when checking the current directory,.
Whenever wildcards are used x always returns a -1.

The only thing that does work correctly is this:
x = dir("/home/irv") without wildcards, it returns the 
entire directory listing.

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Regards,
Irv