Re: Wildcard types

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From: Tom Limoncelli
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 1990 23:56

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In article <1990Nov16.171451.5668@gtisqr.uucp> rick@gtisqr.uucp (Hendrik Groeneveld) writes:

> Adding wildcard expansion as a DOS call is an improvement, but
> expansion is the shell's job. If I don't want somthing expanded
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> by the shell, I'll quote it. IMHO, if the shell doesn't do wildcard
> expansion, it's a *bug*, not a feature. :-(

All the world is not UNIX.

(SETQ SARCASM-MODE ON)

"Hello God?"
"Yes my worshiper."
"I've found a computer that doesn't do everything exactly like UNIX."
"That's horrid!  *ZAAAAAP*!   There.  It won't bother you any more."
"Thanks."

(SETQ SARCASM-MODE OFF)

What are you talking about?  There is no required place for wildcard
expansion.  This topic comes up every so often.  There are benefits
and problems with both.

For example, you claim that if you don't want something expanded
you'll quote it.  You've now make everything-in-the-world-except-
files into a special case.  How dare you assume that most of my
commands deal with files that currently exist or files at all!

Let's end this topic or take it to alt.religion.computers where it
belongs.

ALL THE WORLD IS NOT UNIX!  ALL THE WORLD IS NOT UNIX!  ALL THE WORLD
IS NOT UNIX!  ALL THE WORLD IS NOT UNIX!  ALL THE WORLD IS NOT UNIX!

-Tom
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From: limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Wildcard types
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Date: 16 Nov 90 23:56:56 GMT
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