Path: 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: Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Distribution: gnu Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 20 In article 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. -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@uunet.uu.net Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)