From:	Matthias DOT Morche AT sat1 DOT de (Matthias Morche)
Subject:	Re: Asterisk expansion...
24 Jul 1998 20:26:36 -0700 :
Message-ID:	<35B89EFC.32920F0F.cygnus.gnu-win32@sat1.de>
References:	<7BEBE893ABDFD111AC3F00A0C96B159F5C4CD6 AT FMSMSX32>
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To:	"Robertson, Jason V" <jason DOT v DOT robertson AT intel DOT com>
Cc:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

Robertson, Jason V wrote:
....
> There seems to be an inconsistency in how * is interpreted.  When you
> run, say, 'echo.exe' from the commandline you get the following:
> C:> echo *.*
> <Contents of C: are listed>
> C:> echo \*.\*
> \*.\*
> 
> So why does it expand the glob in the first instance, and not unescape
> them in the second?  And doesn't this mean it's impossible to echo the
> string:
> *.*
> from cmd?
....

Did You ever try:
c:> echo "*.*"
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