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From: "Coetzee, Evert" <Evert DOT Coetzee AT pfizer DOT com>
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Subject: RE: Wildcards in the path name parameter
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 08:29:55 -0400
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But I'm running it from the cmd.exe command prompt. I'm not in a shell.

cp: cannot stat `/cygdrive/c/*.*': No such file or directory

That is the error I get now.


-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
Of Corinna Vinschen
Sent: 26 May 2005 11:42
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Wildcards in the path name parameter


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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