From: Jerzy DOT Witkowski AT ii DOT uni DOT wroc DOT pl (Jerzy Witkowski)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: problem with glob()
Date: 03 May 1997 12:08:42 +0200
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> writes:
> > AFAICS, the glob function from libc in DJGPP ver. 2.01 can't return
> > hidden file/directory names (from a DOS file system).
> 
> Yes, that's correct.  This is so hidden files/directories aren't found by 
> the command-line globbing, exactly as it works on Unix.

Not exactly.  On Unix you can always use `.*' mask to get list of
hidden files.  On DOS you cannot get it at all.  So the problem
still exists.
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Jerzy Witkowski     <Jerzy DOT Witkowski AT ii DOT uni DOT wroc DOT pl>          o       o

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