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From: tgl AT netcom DOT com (Tom Lane)
Subject: Bug in 1.12m4 filename globbing?
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Date: Tue, 8 Aug 1995 02:58:23 GMT
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I've just noticed that go32 1.12m4 seems to have a bug in wildcard globbing.
The '?' wildcard is not processed correctly at the end of a filename segment.
For example, "abcde?.c" fails to match a file named "abcdef.c".  "abc???.c"
also fails.  But "ab?def.c" does match; even weirder, so does "abcde?.*"!

The [] construct seems to have the same problem.

Is this a known bug?  Am I just nuts?

While I'm asking, is 1.* still being maintained, or should I expect that
such bugs won't be fixed until v2?  If so, how soon will v2 go out of beta?

			regards, tom lane