Filename with a wildcard

[CharlieDFW]

I’m working on a lips to add an xref to a drawing. The filename begins with a 4 letter project designator that changes but the rest of the name is static. I’m using * as wildcards but it’s not working.

For filename I have:

(setq wildcard "****-CP-SITE-BASE.dwg") ; Define the wildcard pattern to match xref names
  (setq xrefFiles (vl-directory-files xrefPath wildcard 1)) ; Get a list of xref files matching the wildcard
  (foreach xref xrefFiles
  (setq xrefFile (strcat xrefPath wildcard))
  (command "_.-XREF" "Attach" xrefFile "0,0,0" "1" "1" "0")

When I run it, I get this error:

Error: "..\01_Basefiles\****-CP-SITE-BASE.dwg" is not a valid file name.

*Invalid*

; error: Function cancelled

I'd appreciate any help, 

Thanks

[CharlieDFW]

Changed the code to:

 

(setq drawingName (getvar "DWGNAME"))
  (setq prefix (substr drawingName 1 4))
  ;; Construct the xref file path
  (setq xrefPath (strcat xrefPath prefix "-CP-SITE-BASE.dwg"))

and this seems to be working! 

[GLAVCVS]

1 hour ago, CharlieDFW said:

I’m working on a lips to add an xref to a drawing. The filename begins with a 4 letter project designator that changes but the rest of the name is static. I’m using * as wildcards but it’s not working.

For filename I have:

(setq wildcard "****-CP-SITE-BASE.dwg") ; Define the wildcard pattern to match xref names
  (setq xrefFiles (vl-directory-files xrefPath wildcard 1)) ; Get a list of xref files matching the wildcard
  (foreach xref xrefFiles
  (setq xrefFile (strcat xrefPath wildcard))
  (command "_.-XREF" "Attach" xrefFile "0,0,0" "1" "1" "0")

When I run it, I get this error:

Error: "..\01_Basefiles\****-CP-SITE-BASE.dwg" is not a valid file name.

*Invalid*

; error: Function cancelled

I'd appreciate any help, 

Thanks

 

Hello
Replace the 4 * with ?