My brain is aging and coding all of this so it works seems too difficult.
Initially I started with question marks in the positions just before the dot
but it didn't work. Once I got a flash and realized that the skeleton,
*(1).*, works I got the job done in a couple of minutes.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean MAURICE" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 3:24 AM
Subject: Re: [NT] Wild cards in file names
may be that SYS(2000) can help you :
Returns the name of the first file in alphabetic order by file name and
extension, that matches a file name skeleton.
SYS(2000,Skeleton [, 1])
Parameters
Skeleton
Specifies the file name skeleton. The file skeleton can contain the
wildcards ? and *.
1
Returns the name of the next matching file.
Collapse imageReturn Value
Character
Collapse imageRemarks
The empty string is returned if a matching file can't be found.
Collapse imageExample
? SYS(2000,'FOX.*')
? SYS(2000,'FOX.*',1)
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multipart/alternative
text/plain (text body -- kept)
text/html
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