Re: chown and bash trashed part of system

[Eric Blake]

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[please keep the list in the loop]

According to Vincent Chapman on 12/30/2008 10:00 PM:
> In /home I made a .temp folder
> 
> Apparently not all shells in Unix handle globbing the same way.
> 
> 
> In bash, sh, csh, and ksh:
> 
> $ echo .*
> . .. .temp
> 
> However, in zsh:
> 
> % echo .*
> .temp

But that's only when it is not operating in POSIX mode.  When you use zsh
as a POSIX-compatible shell, it behaves like all the others.  You are
better off learning to be aware of this trap, rather than relying on the
shortcuts that one shell provides, so you don't fall prey when you move to
another machine with a different shell.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
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