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. > > > > 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. > > 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