File Id And Masking - Xerox 4635 User Interface Reference

File ID and masking

XEROX 4635 LASER PRINTING SYSTEM PC USER INTERFACE REFERENCE
The terms "file-id" or "file ID" refer to the form "file-name.file-
type" where "file-name" is a 1-6 character file name, and "file-
type" is the file directory under which the file-name is cataloged.
When specifying the file-id, an asterisk (*) or question mark (?)
can be used as a wildcard or string lookup for the file-name.
This is often referred to as masking. Masking eliminates the need
for you to repetitively key in various file names that contain the
same string of characters.
When the file-name ends with an asterisk, all file-names
beginning with the same characters that precede the asterisk are
displayed. For example:
FILE ABC*.FNT
The example above specifies that all file-names beginning with
ABC of file-type FNT be displayed.
When a file-name contains a question mark, only the specified
characters of file-type FNT and the position(s) occupied by the
question mark(s) affect the file-names to be displayed. For
example:
FILE AB??.FNT
The above example specifies that all file-names beginning with
AB that are 2, 3, or 4 characters long of file-type FNT be
displayed.
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