From:	"Arthur J. O'Dwyer" <ajo AT andrew DOT cmu DOT edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Bug in command-line globbing
Date:	Thu, 12 Dec 2002 21:27:29 -0500 (EST)
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On 13 Dec 2002, A. Sinan Unur wrote:
>
> "Arthur J. O'Dwyer" <ajo AT andrew DOT cmu DOT edu> wrote in news:Pine.GSO.4.44L-
> 027 DOT 0212122038250 DOT 21386-100000 AT unix14 DOT andrew DOT cmu DOT edu:
>
> > If someone believes this is correct behavior, please tell me how to
> > produce the output
> >
> > % test (something goes here)
> >:*/:
> >:hello:
> >
> > from the above program (assuming the program is called from a directory
> > containing one or more subdirectories, of course).
>
> see http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/faq16_1.html for a detailed
> explanation of globbing behavior.

That is not "detailed", not even to someone who knows the Unix rules well.

> i think
>
> test \*
>
> should list the files and subdirectories in \

Of course it should.  Why do you ask?
More importantly, why don't you answer *my* question?

-Arthur

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