12:50 <rob_w> i am fiddling in my picolisp code again ( after a looooong time ) .. now the following line doesnt work (call "rm" "/media/ram/dat/attic/*.dat")

12:50 <rob_w> although the path is fine .. the rm still says "file not found"

12:51 <rob_w> (gui '(+Able +Button) '(may Settings) ,"Clear all"

12:51 <rob_w> '(prog (deleteFiles)) )

12:51 <rob_w> is my call to that function ..

12:54 <beneroth> Hi rob_w

12:54 <beneroth> * wildcard is not working

12:55 <beneroth> * wildcard handling is a function of the shell. you call directly 'rm without shell between, you don't get any wildcards substituted

12:58 <beneroth> do (call "sh" "-c" "rm /media/ram/dat/attic/*.dat") or something like (use @X (for E (dir "/media/ram/dat/attic/") (when (match '(@X ~(chop ".dat")) (chop E) (call 'rm E) ) ) ) )

13:19 <rob_w> ah nice .. thx beneroth

13:20 <beneroth> :)

13:21 <Regenaxer> Note that the second way needs to 'pack' the path, cause 'dir' delivers only the fgle names

13:21 <beneroth> uh right

13:21 <Regenaxer> so the 'sh' approach is easiest

13:21 <Regenaxer> (though a bit slower probably ;)

13:21 <beneroth> or use (chdir "dirpath" (call 'rm ...)) to change the working directory for the operation

13:25 <Regenaxer> right, good

14:36 <aw-> re: glob wildcard in picolisp - https://gist.github.com/aw/23e5a33d1254a40b80b2c1fc94af5f47

14:37 <aw-> written 3 years ago thanks to Regenaxer's advice

14:38 <aw-> no JS version: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/aw/23e5a33d1254a40b80b2c1fc94af5f47/raw/5edf318dd130596ba785a445e64e2087a35bfa89/picolisp-wildcard.md

15:10 <Regenaxer> Wow! Nice aw-!