Siemens SM2 monitoring system, U3585-J-Z125-8-76 1 manual Suffixes for data types, Suffix Meaning

Suffixes for data types			Appendix
	Suffix	Meaning
	with (contd.)
	-wild(n)	Parts of names may be replaced by the following wildcards.
		n denotes the maximum input length when using wildcards.
		Due to the introduction of the data types posix-filename and posix-
		pathname, SDF now accepts wildcards from the UNIX world (referred to
		below as POSIX wildcards) in addition to the usual BS2000 wildcards.
		However, as not all commands support POSIX wildcards, their use for data
		types other than posix-filename and posix-pathname can lead to semantic
		errors.
		Only POSIX wildcards or only BS2000 wildcards should be used within a
		search pattern. Only POSIX wildcards are allowed for the data types posix-
		filename and posix-pathname. If a pattern can be matched more than once
		in a string, the first match is used.
		BS2000	Meaning
		wildcards
		*	Replaces an arbitrary (even empty) character string. If the
			string concerned starts with *, then the * must be entered twice
			in succession if it is followed by other characters and if the
			character string entered does not contain at least one other
			wildcard.
		Termina-	Partially-qualified entry of a name.
		ting period	Corresponds implicitly to the string “.*”, i.e. at least one other
			character follows the period.
		/	Replaces any single character.
		<sx:sy>	Replaces a string that meets the following conditions:
			– It is at least as long as the shortest string (sx or sy)
			– It is not longer than the longest string (sx or sy)
			– It les between sx and sy in the alphabetic collating
			sequence; numbers are sorted after letters (A...Z 0...9)
			– sx can also be an empty string (which is in the first position
			in the alphabetic collating sequence)
			– sy can also be an empty string, which in this position stands
			for the string with the highest possible code (contains only
			the characters X'FF')
		<s1,…>	Replaces all strings that match any of the character combina-
			tions specified by s. s may also be an empty string. Any such
			string may also be a range specification “sx:sy” (see above).

Table 11: Data type suffixes (part 2 of 7)

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