--- a/src/luan/modules/host/Hosting.luan	Sat Jul 23 21:53:04 2022 -0600
+++ b/src/luan/modules/host/Hosting.luan	Sun Jul 24 23:43:03 2022 -0600
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 local print = Io.print or error()
 local Rpc = require "luan:Rpc.luan"
 local String = require "luan:String.luan"
-local matches = String.matches or error()
+local contains = String.contains or error()
+local starts_with = String.starts_with or error()
 local substring = String.sub or error()
 local split = String.split or error()
 local Logging = require "luan:logging/Logging.luan"
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@
 			end
 			for _, here_child in ipairs(here.children()) do
 				local name = here_child.name()
-				if not matches(name,[[^\.]]) then
+				if not starts_with(name,".") then
 					process(there,there.children[name],here_child)
 					there.children[name] = nil
 				end
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@
 	my_file.is_file() or error("'"..file.."' is not a file")
 	local my_file_string = my_file.to_string()
 	local my_dir_string = my_dir.to_string().."/"
-	matches( my_file_string, [[^\Q]]..my_dir_string..[[\E]] ) or error "file must be in dir"
+	contains( my_file_string, my_dir_string ) or error "file must be in dir"
 	my_file_string = substring(my_file_string,#my_dir_string+1)
 	local path = {split( my_file_string, "/" )}
 	path[#path] = nil