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Subject: Re: Some solutions to disk problems.... I think.
To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
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> 
> Brett Glass stands accused of saying:
> 
> You want to be able to match a vendor string and a model number.  If the 
> textual content changes, you duplicate the entry in the table.  It's
> nice and easy, and right where you can see it.

the scsi rogue gallery matching functions now contain some
RUDIMENTARY pattern matching..
 ? matches anything
 * matches to teh end of the string
I got tired of adding new table entries every time the manufacturers
incremented the last decimal place in the model number.

>