Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!mks.com!andy From: andy@mks.com (Andy Toy) Subject: Re: Unix command globbing for MS-DOS Date: Sun, 19 May 91 06:13:21 GMT Message-ID: <1991May19.061321.25061@mks.com> Organization: Mortice Kern Systems, Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Distribution: na References: <1991May16.144701.10301@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1991May16.235903.15847@netcom.COM> <1991May17.134702.27916@mccc.edu> In article <1991May17.134702.27916@mccc.edu> pjh@mccc.edu (Pete Holsberg) writes: >Are you saying that MKS Tools can ignore the "."? I found that in >creating shell scripts with MKS Tools, say, one named 'doit', that I had >to type "doit." to get the MKS Korn shell operating under MSDOS to find >the script! Yes, you are right. If you type `doit' in the MKS Korn Shell then it will search for `doit.com', `doit.exe', `doit.bat' and `doit.ksh'. It will only execute `doit' if you type `doit.' to signify that it has no extension. -- Andy Toy UUCP: ...!uunet!watmath!mks!andy Technical Support Phone: +1-519-884-2270 Mortice Kern Systems Inc. Phone: +1-519-884-2251 35 King Street North, Waterloo, Ontario N2J 2W9, CANADA Fax: +1-519-884-8861