Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:16:38 +0300
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Subject: Re: Bug in command-line globbing
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> From: "Arthur J. O'Dwyer" <ajo AT andrew DOT cmu DOT edu>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 22:29:02 -0500 (EST)
> 
> Notice that the "globbing" doesn't complain about mismatched quotes,
> and makes some argument values impossible to construct.

Examples, please!  Some cases of mismatched quotes are actually the
shell's fault.  In any case, DJGPP behaves like DOS/Windows programs:
they don't generally complain about mismatched quotes.

> Hence, I suggest that it is broken by design.

I think you are mistaken, but please feel free to explain why do you
think it's broken.  Specific examples will probably help.