Xref: utzoo comp.unix.i386:7575 comp.sys.mips:918 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!yarra!bohra!als From: als@bohra.cpg.oz (Anthony Shipman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.sys.mips Subject: Re: Wildcards don't work on NFS mounted file system Summary: POSIX dirs Message-ID: <449@bohra.cpg.oz> Date: 6 Aug 90 10:11:44 GMT References: Organization: Computer Power Group, Melb, Australia Lines: 18 In article , larry@focsys.uucp (Larry Williamson) writes: > Users logged in on a 386/ix system that has mounted a file system from > a MIPS fileserver cannot use wild cards in any of the directories that > are on the MIPS file system. > > Even emacs file name completion does not work. What a royal pain that > is! The MIPS file system probably has BSD style directories with long file names. Programs on 386/ix should be linked with the POSIX directory compatibility routines. (I've done this to ksh on SCO 3.2). The shells are Interactive's problem. You may be able to do emacs yourself. -- Anthony Shipman ACSnet: als@bohra.cpg.oz.au Computer Power Group 9th Flr, 616 St. Kilda Rd., St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia D