I think it makes sense now... but: how could I use a wildcard such as the find/any wildcard to find the file, e.g.: find/any file-list "*.r" --- On Thu, 7 Sep 2000 8:57:15 - johnkenyon wrote: > > >Hi again, > >Look at >>> help any > >Maybe more readable with extra brackets to emphasize the execution order - >if any [not suffixes find suffixes find/last file "."] [ .... is the same >as .... >if (not suffixes) or (find suffixes (find/last file "."))] [ > >Any better? > >cheers, john > > >I am trying to understand the following script and dont quite understand >the mechanics of this line right here: > >if any [not suffixes find suffixes find/last file "."] [ > >I understand not suffixes completely > >I dont understand find suffixes find/last file "." at all > >suffixes is a block of suffixes, but I dont understand how all this works >together, particularly. the "." part. > > > Get your FREE Email and Voicemail at Lycos Communications at http://comm.lycos.com