Xref: utzoo comp.arch:21168 comp.os.misc:1607 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.os.misc Subject: Re: Globbing Message-ID: Date: 26 Feb 91 16:14:55 GMT References: <1991Feb18.152347.28521@dgbt.doc.ca> <474@bria> <19217@cbmvax.commodore.com> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Followup-To: comp.os.misc Distribution: na Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 13 In article <19217@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes: > Unless all possible commands fit into the > command [flags] arg1..argN globbed_filesystem_arg > model, you're pretty much in trouble if you only have shell globbing. Actually, the model is less restrictive than that. It's more like: command [flags] args-possibly-globbed [flags] more-globbed-args ... -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"