Wildcards, patterns and pattern matching
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JS_TOSS (and JS Areafix) use 2 different wildcards:

 the AmigaDOS onces ("#?", etc)
 the asterisk (only "*")


To  avoid  confusion:  Generally  AmigaDOS patterns are used expect in
fido  addresses. Here the asterisk is allowed and only in some special
ways! But you should know of them or you never will see how easy it is
to work with JS_TOSS.


                     wildcards in fido addresses
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The following commands allow wildcards in their fido addresses:

in config file

 ROUTE (only in "foraddresse")
 ATTACH
 AUTONEW

in zone config

 LOCK
 READONLY


The only possible wildcard is the asterisk ("*"). It stands for "all".
It is possible to use wildcards in zone, net, node or point place of a
Fido  addresse.  The  wildcard may replace the complete part (of zone,
net, etc) or simply the the rest (of zone, net, etc).

Examples:

ROUTE 2:24*/*.* 2:24/0.0        ; every addresse for zone 2
                                ; beginning with 24 
ATTACH 2:2454/55*.*             ; every address in zone 2 net 2454
                                ; which node starts with 55
                                ; (/550, /551, /5514, /55, ...)
ATTACH *:*/*.1*                 ; all points that start with one
                                ; (.1, .11, .10, .100, etc)

some NOT allowed patterns:

2:*24/*.*, 2:2454/1*0.*         ; the asterisk can only replace
                                ; the complete or the last part
                                ; NOT the first or middle


Use  JS_CheckAddress program to test allowed patterns. You might get a
result if you use not allowed patterns but this result may change from
release to resease! Usage of program:

to check pattern:       JS_CheckAddress <address pattern>
to check matching:      JS_CheckAddress <address pattern> <address>


                          AmigaDOS wildcards
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Well,  here  is  not  the place to describe all AmigaDOS wildcards and
their  combinations  -  please  look  in  you AmigaDOS manual. But you
should know the commands that support them:

in config file:

 NAME


JS Areafix user commands:

 +
 -
 
That's it.

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