[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #47950] dir function fails with wildcard characters

[Richard Suchland]

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #47950 (project octave):

쳌⟓ꇇ>> status=mkdir('c:/[test]');
>> status=mkdir('c:/[test]/abc');
>> #from the Octave 4.0 User Manual
>> #directory is subject to shell expansion if it contains any wildcard
characters `*', `?',
>> #`[]'. To ?nd a literal example of a wildcard character the wildcard must
be escaped
>> #using the backslash operator `'.
>> dir("c:/[test]");
warning: dir: nonexistent directory 'c:/[test]'
warning: called from
    dir at line 153 column 5
>> # no joy
>> #other interpretation of escaped wildcard
>> dir("c:/x5Btestx5D");
warning: dir: nonexistent directory 'c:/[test]'
warning: called from
    dir at line 153 column 5
>> # no joy

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