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From: alen@cogen.UUCP (Alen Shapiro)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Option Filenames
Message-ID: <392@cogen.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 20-Nov-87 15:53:09 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 20 15:53:09 1987
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In article <3286@whuts.UUCP> bear@whuts.UUCP (BELLIVEAU) writes:
>
>If a file in your directory is named "-i" and you try
>to do an "rm *", then it will interpret "-i" as an option
>to "rm" and start inquiring if you want to remove all the files.
>
>So if I put a "-l" filename in my directory and do an
>"ls *", why doesn't it give me an "ls -l" output?
>Does the 'argv' get interpreted differently in these two
>sources?
>
>BTW....I am on a VAX 11/785 running SYSTEM 5.0.2 SV_R2
>       or is it 5.2.2 ..... one of those...

It does on sun OS/3. Are you sure the "-l" file is lexically first
in your directory.

Try "echo *" and see if the * substitution prints in directory order
or lexical order. i.e.
	% touch a
	% touch b
	% cat > -l
	^D
	% echo * 
	a b -l
If this is what is happening then ls * would not necessarily accept "-l"
as an argument. BTW the above "echo *" gives "-l a b" on the sun. Does this
mean that "*" involves a lexical argument sort in the csh?

--alen the Lisa slayer (it's a long story)