Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: From: "Waldor Michael (K3/EMW4)" To: "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" Subject: B20: Bug? backslashes and stars within args of ls Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 09:31:16 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain If one combines backslashes and stars within filenames as argument for ls, the stars are NOT expanded if they occur next to a backslash: (C:/temp/fdr is a directory containing some files.) ok: ls c:/temp/fdr ok: ls c:/temp/f* ok: ls c:\\temp\\fdr ok: ls c:\temp\fdr not ok: ls c:\\temp\\f* //i/programme/mm3/util/ls: c:\temp\f*: No such file or directory not ok: ls c:\temp\f* //i/programme/mm3/util/ls: c:tempf*: No such file or directory ok: ls c:\\temp/f* I'm running ls within cmd.exe from NT 4.0 I would like to call ls like ls c:\temp/f* i.e. with SINGLE backslash. Maybe there is a environment variable to control cygwin's behaviour? M. Waldor -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com