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Article #308Re: Bug/Feature in globbing
From: George Robbins
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1989 22:31
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1989 22:31
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In article <WWC.89Jul12082231@boole.ece.wisc.edu> wwc@boole.ece.wisc.edu (William W. Carlson) writes:
>
> ... ls gets passed "ls foo.c bar*" and of course says "bar* not
> found." This feature is particularly disturbing in aliases. Do
> people think this is a "bug" or a "feature"? If it is a bug, I'd
> really like it fixed. If it is a feature, I'd like for there to be
> some way (perhaps set -no_bogus_globbing) to disable it.
But that's the elegant, if preverse, way that bourne style shells are
supposed to handle unresolved globbing attempts. What you are asking
for is "set -csh_style_bogus_glob_error_messages_and_terminate" option.
8-)
Such a mode does have it's merits, though it's necessity is arguable.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Subject: Re: Bug/Feature in globbing Message-ID: <7289@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 12 Jul 89 22:31:31 GMT References: <WWC.89Jul12082231@boole.ece.wisc.edu> Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Distribution: gnu Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 20