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Re: explanation for recipe behavior

2002-03-25 12:02:34
* Professional Software Engineering wrote on Mar 25, 2002 [10:34, -0800] :

It now works with .* prepended, and I'm just curious why?

Well, uh, because the '.*' says 'match zero or more of any character',
whereas a literal space says to match, well, a literal space.

From: "Webster Bulletin" <adams(_at_)webster(_dot_)ac(_dot_)at>
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I figured, it would ignore "Webster Bulletin"? But it's part of the From:
header - it makes sense - thanks!

-- 
CU, Niki
*Draft beer, not people*

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