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On Sat, 31 Dec 1994, Jeff Finlay, NYU wrote:
> > >Question: is there any way to delete (put) entire packages all at once?
> > >It is a pain in the butt to have to keep revising the filelist file by
> > >file.
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> > You can use a generic entry for that. Just add a '>' sign in column 1 and
> > use a wildcard as filename/type (INFO* TXT, or whatever). Then you won't
> > need to define individual entries for the various files matching that
> > pattern.
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> Could you give me an example of how this might look?
Assuming that files in the filelist start with a blank col. 1, it would
look like this (if you use extended file descriptions as I do):
* This is a file about X
filename X ALL AUT
* A file by M about Y, around Z kb.
filename Y ALL AUT
> * filetype ALL AUT
That last line is the important one, it could also be done as
> filename * ALL AUT
The important thing is that " > " which you also use when setting up
AFD files. All our AFD files have the filetype REPORT (not a surprise,
since they are all reports on conference proceedings (well, all but one).
Douglas Winship Austin, Texas [log in to unmask]
Secondary AUTOCAT Listowner
MEDLAB-L
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