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directory spec with wildcards - why was it considered a match
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4everlearning
Nov 13, 2012, 3:44:17 AM11/13/12
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Can anybody explain why directory "20120629-r3.org" was considered a match for the file/directory spec "2010*"? See below for an example output of the "dir" command on my good old Windows XP Pro (SP3) where this peculiar thing happened.
G:\dn.org>dir /ad 2010*
Volume in drive G is 640g-2h-ntfs
Volume Serial Number is 64E0-2E94
Directory of G:\dn.org
30/06/2012 10:45 <DIR> 20120629-r3.org
0 File(s) 0 bytes
1 Dir(s) 25,969,668,096 bytes free
G:\dn.org>dir /ad 2010*
Volume in drive G is 640g-2h-ntfs
Volume Serial Number is 64E0-2E94
Directory of G:\dn.org
30/06/2012 10:45 <DIR> 20120629-r3.org
0 File(s) 0 bytes
1 Dir(s) 25,969,668,096 bytes free
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