Re: [Lynx-dev] Lynx 2.8.7 and numeric IPv6 adddresses

[Thomas Dickey]

On Tue, 8 Jan 2008, address@hidden wrote:

> > > > > 20080107 20:37 -0500, Thomas Dickey >>>>
>         node::device:[level.level]filename.suffix;1
>
> The parts are optional, e.g.,
>
>         [level.level]   is a valid directory name
>         [000000]        is like the "/" path on Unix
>         [level.]        is valid too
> <<<<<<<<
> And the use of angle-brackets is also valid:
>         node::device:<level.level>filename.suffix;1 ....

yes - and the semicolon can be a different character also (iirc, a ".").

> --just to complicate things, ... from TOPS-10 & -20, I suspect ... and
> double-quotes and wild-cards also have a place. (When I used VMS I always
> preferred the angle-brackets.)

double-quotes can appear in a node-name (something like that - I've seen
it documented but don't recall the exact terminology up at the node 
level).

wildcards at least are comparable to other systems: "*"

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