Weird FileFindFirstFile behavior

[AndyScull]

I am upgrading my backup script and bumped into this strange thing.

Here's the code:

$targetfolder = "D:py3backuptarget"
$filename = "test1"
$searchstr = $targetfolder & $filename & "_??????.7z"
$search = FileFindFirstFile($searchstr)
$fname = FileFindNextFile($search)
ConsoleWrite($searchstr & @CR & $fname & @CR)

And here's ConsoleWrite debug output:

"C:Program Files (x86)AutoIt3SciTE..autoit3.exe" /ErrorStdOut "D:Temptest11.au3"    
D:py3backuptargettest1_??????.7z
test1_120325_full.7z
>Exit code: 0   Time: 0.216

So, my problem is: Why does it catch _full.7z file? It does not fit the mask. Help file definitely says that ? substitutes exactly 0 or 1 character.

//edit

I read a little below in the help file, it explains my 'problem'.

The question changed - is there an easy way to use standart dos wildcard without getting list of all files and checking each of them with regexp?

Edited February 2, 2012 by AndyScull

[KaFu]

Without RegExps, I don't know . But maybe you could give this excellent by Ascend4nt a try.