Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!nih-csl!lhc!adm!cmcl2!yale!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!amdahl!kim From: kim@uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: ls 4.0k Case Sensitive Message-ID: Date: 28 Sep 90 00:55:57 GMT References: <1928@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> <1990Sep6.034821.9389@ecn.purdue.edu> <82=R02Cb02ds01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> <6878.26fe0ccf@vax1.tcd.ie> Reply-To: kim@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Lines: 44 In article <6878.26fe0ccf@vax1.tcd.ie> ecarroll@vax1.tcd.ie (Eddy Carroll) writes: > > The subsequent version (v5.0k ?) will be 2.0 only, and will support links (if > > they're actually "in there"), and will use the new file scanning calls, etc. > > It will NOT perform wildcard expansion internally, but will leave that chore > > up to the shell where it really belongs (IMO). That is, it will NOT do so, > > Since (1) the current AmigaShell 2.0 doesn't support wildcard expansion on the > command line (which I agree is a nice place to have it), and (2) AmigaDos 2.0 > has calls to do wildcard expansion for you, I'd argue quite strongly for > leaving in wildcard support. Particularly since there are no 2.0-specific > enhanced shells available as yet, to do the wild card expansion instead. So I have been told. One of the things that *didn't* make it "in there". Sigh. > My suggestion for 4.1 (4.0 is great, by the way) is a flag to say that the > shell has done the wildcard expansion, so that I don't get a long listing > when I do ls * in my shell (which is not yet sksh). Thanks ... glad you like it! Another possibility is seperate versions (read: heavily #ifdef'd code), as I really *would* like to reduce the amount of "vestigial" code in the binary. I haven't decided on an implementation strategy yet, and probably won't until 2.0 gets "frozen" (read: is generally available), as much of the 2.0 specific stuff could well change (are links in or not?, wildcard expansion, etc). In any case, rest assured that I won't leave AmigaShell users "out in the cold" ... /kim -- UUCP: kim@uts.amdahl.com -OR- ked01@juts.ccc.amdahl.com or: {sun,decwrl,hplabs,pyramid,uunet,oliveb,ames}!amdahl!kim DDD: 408-746-8462 USPS: Amdahl Corp. M/S 249, 1250 E. Arques Av, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 BIX: kdevaughn GEnie: K.DEVAUGHN CIS: 76535,25