From:	fjh AT cs DOT mu DOT OZ DOT AU (Fergus Henderson)
Subject:	Re: `find' command broken.
15 Jul 1997 01:35:27 -0700 :
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"$Bill Luebkert" <dbe AT wgn DOT net> writes:

>James Dumser wrote:
>
>> So what's the solution? I can think of several:
>>  - don't use non-cygwin, globbing shells
>>  - use non-cygwin utilities
>>  - be very meticulous when you mix non-cygwin shells and cygwin programs
>>  - port your non-cygwin, globbing shell to cygwin (which should be easier
>>    now with Sergery's latest cygwin.dll)

The suggestion of adding code in cygwin.dll to check an environment variable
CYGWIN_DONT_GLOB is also a good one.

>What's the matter with fix Cygwin32 to handle quoting
>properly for non-cygwin32 apps?

Please define what you mean by "properly" in this context.

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