From:	"A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT c-o-r-n-e-l-l DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: Bug in command-line globbing
Date:	13 Dec 2002 12:41:23 GMT
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"Arthur J. O'Dwyer" <ajo AT andrew DOT cmu DOT edu> wrote in
news:Pine DOT GSO DOT 4 DOT 44L-027 DOT 0212122347190 DOT 24437-100000 AT unix5 DOT andrew DOT cmu DOT edu: 

> % test '*\ hello
>:*\ hello:
> 
> -Arthur,
> who has posted a bug report and now just wants a bugfix

see Eli's explanation for why this behavior is not a bug, but a necessary 
feature to help djgpp compiled programs operate properly in windows 
environments as well as ways to deal with it.

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