1 03/31/83  master_directories, mdirs
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 3 Syntax:  mdirs star_names {-control_arg{s}}
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 6 Syntax as active function:  [mdirs star_names {-control_arg{s}}]
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 9 Function:  returns the entrynames or absolute pathnames of master
10 directories that match one or more star names.
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13 Arguments:
14 star_names
15    are star names to be used in selecting the names to be returned.
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18 Control arguments:
19 -absolute_pathname, -absp
20    returns absolute pathnames rather than entrynames.
21 -chase
22    will process the targets of links when a starname is specified.
23 -no_chase
24    will not process the targets of links when a starname is specified.
25    (Default)
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28 Notes:  Only one name per directory is returned; i.e., if a master
29 directory has more than one name that matches star_name, only the first
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32 Since each entryname (or pathname) returned by master_directories is
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