>>You can't use [*g*.*] as a mask. You always will get a whole folder. try even in command prompt (old DOS) window:
>>DIR *g*.*
>>What you want? A file that have G somewhere in the name?
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>Yes, but not in the extension part. Anyway, I think I can always call this program with extension, so this problem becomes mute. But I was a bit surprised to see this behavior.

But this is the usual behavior, that mask [*G*.*] is equal to [*.*], you get ALL files, no matter where you use it - ADIR(), SYS(2000), DIR, no matter what language you will use. If you know what letter must be [G] you can use [???G*.*] if the [G] is third letter.