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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 05:53:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: bash wildcard expansion
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--- Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com> wrote:
> 
> Actually, on reflection, the "\"*\"" is the problem.  This is not
> the same as "*", of course.  And, that's what you want.
> 
> I can't think of any way to tell cygwin to just quote an argument
> with ", offhand.  I can't even think of a good way to fix this, if
> it is a bug.
> 

And AFAICR it has always been a problem and no one has yet to find "a good way
to fix this."

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com

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