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From: asg@sage.cc.purdue.edu (Bruce Varney)
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Subject: Re: Expanding wildcard options to main()
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Date: 1 Apr 91 21:37:15 GMT
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In article <1991Apr1.194817.20469@fmrco> harold@fmrco (Harold Naparst) writes:
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}How do you pass wildcard options to a program and get the
}program to expand them like ls does.  Example: suppose I 
}have two files called foo1 and foo2, and I want to run
}myprog on them.  How would I write myprog so that I could
}just do this:
}   % myprog foo*
}
}-- 
}Harold Naparst               |  (uunet!fmrco!harold) 

The glob expansion will be done by the shell before the arguments are
passed to the program.
Answer: You don't have to do anything special in your program to handle
      glob patterns
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   in rage, sneer, fr. sark-, sarx flesh; akin to Av thwar*s to cut] 1: a 
   cutting, hostile, or contemptuous remark : GIBE 2: the use of caustic or 
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