[TC 11.50b2] Find: Searching for dir1\**\dir2\*.dll does not work right

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Decode and unzip this test folder.

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MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="Testdir.zip"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Testdir.zip"

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The folder contains 30 files and 6 folders:

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Testdir\dir1\
Testdir\dir1\A\
Testdir\dir1\A\B\
Testdir\dir1\A\B\dir2\
Testdir\dir1\A\dir2\
Testdir\dir1\dir2\
Testdir\dir1\A\B\dir2\01.dll
Testdir\dir1\A\B\dir2\02.dll
Testdir\dir1\A\B\dir2\03.dll
Testdir\dir1\A\B\dir2\04.dll
Testdir\dir1\A\B\dir2\05.dll
Testdir\dir1\A\B\dir2\06.dll
Testdir\dir1\A\B\dir2\07.dll
Testdir\dir1\A\B\dir2\08.dll
Testdir\dir1\A\B\dir2\09.dll
Testdir\dir1\A\B\dir2\10.dll
Testdir\dir1\A\dir2\01.dll
Testdir\dir1\A\dir2\02.dll
Testdir\dir1\A\dir2\03.dll
Testdir\dir1\A\dir2\04.dll
Testdir\dir1\A\dir2\05.dll
Testdir\dir1\A\dir2\06.dll
Testdir\dir1\A\dir2\07.dll
Testdir\dir1\A\dir2\08.dll
Testdir\dir1\A\dir2\09.dll
Testdir\dir1\A\dir2\10.dll
Testdir\dir1\dir2\01.dll
Testdir\dir1\dir2\02.dll
Testdir\dir1\dir2\03.dll
Testdir\dir1\dir2\04.dll
Testdir\dir1\dir2\05.dll
Testdir\dir1\dir2\06.dll
Testdir\dir1\dir2\07.dll
Testdir\dir1\dir2\08.dll
Testdir\dir1\dir2\09.dll
Testdir\dir1\dir2\10.dll

Enter the folder Testdir and do the following search:

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\dir1\**\dir2\*.dll

All 30 files are found. \**\ seems to mean 0 or more subfolders.

Now remove the backslash at the beginning:

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dir1\**\dir2\*.dll

Only 20 files are found. \**\ seems to mean 1 or more subfolders.

[ghisler(Author)]

That's odd, ** should mean 1 or more subfolders in all cases.

[white]

That's odd, ** should mean 1 or more subfolders in all cases.

That's odd, earlier in HISTORY.TXT you said it means 0 or more subfolders:

29.01.17 Added: New wildcards for relative dirs now support wildcard **, which stands for any number of subdirs, e.g. subdir\**\*.txt finds text files where the relative path contains "subdir" anywhere in the path (32/64)

If it were to mean 1 or more subfolders, it is not useful and does not make sense. To find .txt files anywhere in a folders named "subdir", you would have to use: subdir\**\*.txt subdir\*.txt
See also this post.

[ghisler(Author)]

Hmm, any number of subdirs depends on whether "number" is a natural number (1,2,3,4..) or would include zero.

[white]

Hmm, any number of subdirs depends on whether "number" is a natural number (1,2,3,4..) or would include zero.

I don't think the literal meaning of words is relevant, but it is clear by the rest of the sentence isn't it? Rest of the text:

..finds text files where the relative path contains "subdir" anywhere in the path

One or more subfolders is far less useful and it doesn't work like that, does it? It means zero or more when marking files in branch view for 7 years (since TC 9.10) and in search for 1 year (since TC 11).

[ghisler(Author)]

I will change it to mean 0 or more folders.

[white]

17.10.24 Fixed: Find files: \**\ in the middle of a search string was sometimes treated as 0 or more directories, sometimes as 1 or more. Now it's always 0 or more (32/64)

Testing OK using TC 11.50b3 32-bit and 64-bit.

Moderator message from: white » 2024-10-23, 22:24 UTC

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