Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 14:41:18 +0800 (GMT)
From: Orlando Andico <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
To: Kappas Ioannis <giannisk AT delta DOT edu DOT gr>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: BUG: DJGPP, argc and *
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On Wed, 11 Jun 1997, Kappas Ioannis wrote:

> I think I've found a bug in DJGPP. When an argument in the command line is
> the character * the argc is 108 instead of 2.
> 	consider this program:
> main(int argc, char *argv[]) 
> {
> 	printf("%d\n", argc);
> 	return 0;
> }
> 
> when we call the program with the asterisk, e.g. "a *" the argc is returning
> 109 instead of 2. Is this normal or is this a bug??
> 

The asterisk is expanded (globbed) automatically. This is because under
UNIX a * argument means all files (just like *.* means the same thing
under DOS).

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