bsrdp@warwick.ac.uk (Hylton Boothroyd) (06/28/90)
On a UNIX system a command of the form
gawk -f process.awk data*.*
has the wildcard filename expansion dealt with by the UNIX shell.
On an MSDOS system, at least with version 3.xx, there is no such shell
expansion. Instead, wildcards are dealt with *within*each*application*
by first match (INT21H/4EH) and next match (INT21H/4FH).
The 2.02 beta version did that.
The 2.11 version currently on SIMTEL does not: all filenames have to be
explicitly entered.
Is a suitable upgrade on the way?
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University of Warwick Uucp: h.boothroyd@warwick.uucpdarcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) (06/29/90)
In article <1990Jun28.103243.7818@warwick.ac.uk> bsrdp@warwick.ac.uk (Hylton Boothroyd) writes: >On a UNIX system a command of the form > gawk -f process.awk data*.* >has the wildcard filename expansion dealt with by the UNIX shell. > >On an MSDOS system, at least with version 3.xx, there is no such shell >expansion. Instead, wildcards are dealt with *within*each*application* >by first match (INT21H/4EH) and next match (INT21H/4FH). > >The 2.02 beta version did that. >The 2.11 version currently on SIMTEL does not: all filenames have to be >explicitly entered. > >Is a suitable upgrade on the way? Actually, all you have to do is include the proper file during the link phase. If you are using Turbo C, this file is WILDARGS.OBJ. I can't recall the name of the MSC file but it does exist. When included it does the filename expansion and presents the arguments to main like Unix shell does. -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain (darcy@druid) | Government: D'Arcy Cain Consulting | Organized crime with an attitude West Hill, Ontario, Canada | (416) 281-6094 |
irv@happym.wa.com (Irving Wolfe) (06/29/90)
bsrdp@warwick.ac.uk (Hylton Boothroyd) writes: >On an MSDOS system, ... >wildcards are dealt with *within*each*application* >The 2.11 version currently on SIMTEL does not A better solution than a mere upgrade to handle stars might be getting a reasonable shell that will run under MSDOS. They exist; MKS has made a fine one and I'm sure there are others. -- Irving Wolfe irv@happym.wa.com 206/463-9399 ext.101 Happy Man Corp. 4410 SW Pt. Robinson Road, Vashon Island, WA 98070-7399 SOLID VALUE, the investment letter for Benj. Graham's intelligent investors
creps@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Steve Creps) (06/29/90)
In article <1990Jun28.103243.7818@warwick.ac.uk> bsrdp@warwick.ac.uk (Hylton Boothroyd) writes: >On a UNIX system a command of the form > gawk -f process.awk data*.* >has the wildcard filename expansion dealt with by the UNIX shell. > >On an MSDOS system, at least with version 3.xx, there is no such shell >expansion. Instead, wildcards are dealt with *within*each*application* If you are using Microsoft C, you can include the file SETARGV.OBJ when you link the program together. This file should be on one of your library disks for MSC. Of course, this only gives you wimpy MSDOS wildcard expansion, but it's better than nothing. - - - - - - - - - - Steve Creps creps@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (129.79.1.6) {inuxc,rutgers,uunet!uiucdcs,pur-ee}!iuvax!silver!creps
tomg@deceds.dec.com ( The Final Frontier) (06/29/90)
> > Actually, all you have to do is include the proper file during the link > phase. If you are using Turbo C, this file is WILDARGS.OBJ. I can't > recall the name of the MSC file but it does exist. When included it does > the filename expansion and presents the arguments to main like Unix shell > does. For MSC you need to link with the file setargv.obj to get wildcard expansion. -- | (UUCP) {decvax, ucbvax, allegra}!decwrl!fstvax.dec.com!gallo | | (ARPA) gallo%fstvax.DEC@decwrl.ARPA | | (BITNET) gallo@fstvax.dec.com | | Opinions expressed here are my own,not those of my employer!!! |
steve@cs.su.oz (Stephen Russell) (06/29/90)
In article <321@happym.wa.com> irv@happym.wa.com (Irving Wolfe) writes: > [ lack of globbing in gawk under MSDOS ... ] >A better solution than a mere upgrade to handle stars might be getting a >reasonable shell that will run under MSDOS. They exist; MKS has made a fine >one and I'm sure there are others. While the MKS shell is very neat, and I'm sure the others are too, they won't solve the problem completely. The 128 byte MSDOS command line puts a nasty limit on the length of the expanded line. The MKS utilities use a non-standard mechanism to get at the shell's expanded command line, but this is inherently nonportable. Nope, under MSDOS you have to do the work yourself. Anyway feel like donating a glob() function to the public domain? Cheers Steve