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Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 12:41:43 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Wildcards in the path name parameter
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On May 26 06:28, Coetzee, Evert wrote:
> So my conclusion is that the * is not interpreted as a wildcard when it is
> part fo a pathname.

Wrong.  Don't mix Win32 and POSIX paths.  Use /cygdrive/c/sourcedir/*.txt.
No drive letters, no backslash.


Corinna

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