Introduction to TRANSFER Delivery System

The TRANSFER Environment Wild-Card Names and Patterns
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Wild-Card Names and Patterns
To save time and typing, a user can abbreviate correspondent names, distribution list
names, and folder names, as long as the abbreviated name identifies only one
correspondent, distribution list, or folder. A correspondent abbreviates a name by using
a question mark (?) in place of a single character or an asterisk (*) in place of zero or
more characters in the name. Such an abbreviated name is a wild-card name.
Each wild-card name must identify only one name. For example, a package being sent
to ROBERTS-JACK @ OK might be addressed to:
ROBERTS* @ OK
This wild-card name identifies the correspondent at the \OK node whose last name is
ROBERTS. If the node has two correspondents whose last names are ROBERTS,
TRANSFER returns an error message.
A correspondent wanting to use the distribution list named MY-MANAGER-LIST that
belongs to the correspondent named CLARK-MICHAEL @ SF can use the following
wild-card name:
CLARK-*.MY* @ SF
This wild-card name identifies the one distribution list that has a name beginning with
the letters MY and that belongs to the one correspondent whose last name is CLARK.
A correspondent can request a list of correspondent names, distribution list names, or
folder names by entering a pattern for the listing. A pattern is similar to a wild-card
name: asterisks are used to indicate that any character or characters can appear in that
position in the name. A pattern, however, does not have to identify a unique name.
For example, a correspondent looking for all correspondents at the node named \CHIC
with the last name of Jones can use the pattern:
JONES* @ CHIC
This pattern will list every correspondent who is registered at the the \CHIC node who
has a last name that starts with JONES.