From: pjfarley AT dorsai DOT org (Peter J. Farley III)
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Subject: Re: Possible bash bug in "for x in $path/*x*"
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 00:23:34 GMT
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M DOT A DOT Bukin AT inp DOT nsk DOT su wrote:
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>  I don't know if this is the cause of your problem, but read
>about `allow_null_glob_expansion' in man page of bash (or maybe in info).
>Also, there is a section called `Pathname Expansion' which may give
>you more accurate information.

Thanks for the pointer, that does explain the problem.

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