From: "Arthur J. O'Dwyer" <ajo AT andrew DOT cmu DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Bug in command-line globbing
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 20:49:46 -0500 (EST)
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% cat test.c
#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
    int i;
    for (i=0; i < argc; i++) {
        printf(":%s:\n", argv[i]);
    }
    return 0;
}

% gcc -o test.exe test.c
% test \
:\:

% test '\'
:':

% test '\\'
:\':

% test "\\"
:\":

%

So my question is: is this the correct behavior for the default
"filename globbing" performed by DJGPP-compiled programs?  If not,
has it been reported before?  If so, why?

It looks like the '\' character escapes certain characters - quotes
and double quotes, in particular - but does not escape itself.  This
is probably a bug, and almost certainly a design flaw.

If someone believes this is correct behavior, please tell me how to
produce the output

% test (something goes here)
:*/:
:hello:

from the above program (assuming the program is called from a directory
containing one or more subdirectories, of course).

-Arthur,
who wants to write a tr