Re: wildcard

[ANDERSD2 <ANDERSD2@OAKWOOD.ORG>]

I'm guessing you are using this to crate a listing of files to be read for
some other purpose.  This is what I did when I wanted to capture all
programs in a directory...

let $Programs_Out = 'c:\windows\temp\programs.out'
let $Get_Files = 'c:\windows\command.com /c dir /b ' || $Path || '\*.sq* >'
|| $Programs_Out

then...
CALL SYSTEM using $Get_Files  #Call_Status wait

What this does is...
1.  Sets $Programs_Out as the file to capture the output of the DIR command.
Note the use of the asterik as a wildcard.  The '>' symbol forces the output
to $Programs_Out.
2.  Sets $Get_Files to the command string used to execute the DIR command
3.  CALL SYSTEM invokes the above

Later, I read the file ($Programs_Out) and do my processing.

I hope this was helpful.
David Anderson

-----Original Message-----
From: Mario Mendoza [mailto:mariom@FLAGSHIPCREDIT.COM]
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 11:17 AM
To: SQR-USERS@list.iex.net
Subject: wildcard


Good morning:

What can be used for wildcard in SQR?

example:

if $run_indicator = 'T'
   let $lis_glsoars = '/prod/output/glpost/glsoars.*'

The * represents a wildcard, however this code is not getting any of the
files in the directory.

Thank you

Mario Mendoza
1-888-647-6472 x633
mariom@flagshipcredit.com