Difference between ". list * %" and ". list * *"

[Ken Murchison]

Robert Mueller wrote:

> This is cyrus 2.2.3 with skiplist mailboxes db.
> 
> Someone pointed this strange behaviour out to me...
> 
> . list * *
> * LIST (\HasChildren) "." "INBOX"
> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Folder1"
> * LIST (\HasChildren) "." "INBOX.Folder2"
> * LIST (\HasChildren) "." "INBOX.Folder2.SubFolder1"
> 
> 
> . list * %
> * LIST (\HasChildren) "." "INBOX"
> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Folder1"
> * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "." "INBOX"
> * LIST (\HasChildren) "." "INBOX.Folder2"
> * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "." "INBOX"
> * LIST (\Noselect \HasChildren) "." "INBOX.Folder2"
> * LIST (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Folder2.SubFolder1"
> 
> I think I see what's happening, but this doesn't seem the right response
> to me...

You are getting very similar results because you are using "*" as the 
reference argument. Cyrus concatenates the reference and pattern.  Try 
these and see the difference:

. LIST "" *

. LIST "" %


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