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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Beginner help request


From: Tom Lord
Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Beginner help request
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 20:49:40 -0800 (PST)

    > From: Dustin Sallings <address@hidden>

    > On Jan 10, 2004, at 15:52, Tom Lord wrote:

    > > Typically, if there are no files matching *.php, then the shell will
    > > expand that to "*.php".  I'm not sure off the top of my head if that
    > > is standard posix behavior for a shell (I think it is but wouldn't
    > > swear to it) -- I'd suggest looking for the sh spec on something like
    > > the opengroup web site if you are curious.

    >   tcsh produces an error when all globs on a commandline fail to expand 
    > to anything.  It seems to be a good interactive behavior.

Oh, I agree with that.   Not just interactive -- I can't see any
circumstance in which I'd really _want_ anything different.   My guess
would be that, sadly, the "'*.foo' with no matching files expands to
*.foo" behavior was originally intended as a _feature_ for interactive
use.   Isn't that weird?

"Those guys" got a lot right -- but a lot wrong, too.

-t





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