Atari Portfolio - Page 31

This
group
would
not contain
liles
with a dillelent
lile
exten-
sion, such
as:
FINANCE.DOC
WP.EXE
The aslerisk
must be
the last
chalacler
in the
name or
exlen-
sron
oia
irle specrlicalron
For
example.
lhe llle
spec'llcalion
T^r. Doc is vahd. but
the
lile specrlicanon
T'x.Doc
iq nol
vaild.lhe
tetter following
the
'
ia ol
no importance
since the
.
belore
the leller
specilies
all characlels
The oueslron
mark
in a lile
specilication
replaces
a single
.hara;ter For examDle lhe
llle specll,calion
MEMo?.LET
soecifies all
ftles whrch
beqrn
with MEMO.
whrch
have any
ciaracter
in
the ltllh
position
ol
the llle's
name
and whlch
aave lhe extension
.iET.
The
group
delined
by
this iile
specilicalion
would contain
lhe
liles:
MEMOI.LET
MEMO4.LET
MEMOZ.LET
However,
the
group
delaned
by this
tile specilicalion
would not
coniain ihe iiles:
BIO.LET
MEMO33.LET
MEMOI.DOC
The file
specilication
????????.???
is
equival6nt
lo
r.r
'
You can combine
wildcards
and
characters.
For example,
irr-riii
"na
F .T'
are valid
lile speciiications
which would
bolh create
oroups
contalning
lhe
Iile FlLE.Txr.
Directories
PrclLrre
an expandlng
tolder
in a Iihng
cabinet.
The
liling
cauiner
ii
voir
anve'ia
dnve
can be;llher
a memoly
card
iiin" m",i,oiv
iiot"s"
.rea inside
vour
Portlolio)
on
lhe
"i,i"iae
ot eaifr totaer
is a complete
list ol
lhe loldeis
conljnts. The
list ol
the loldefa
contents
is
the directory.
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