Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com From: Chris Faylor Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 09:53:13 -0400 To: "'cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com'" Cc: Frank.Derwin@fid-intl.com Subject: Re: Filename globbing/wildcards Message-ID: <20000726095313.A7052@cygnus.com> Reply-To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com Mail-Followup-To: "'cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com'" , Frank.Derwin@fid-intl.com References: <3D28FD8408F7D111B1CF00600850BEE80154A4E3@irldub700nts.ie.fid-intl.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <3D28FD8408F7D111B1CF00600850BEE80154A4E3@irldub700nts.ie.fid-intl.com>; from Frank.Derwin@fid-intl.com on Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 09:48:34AM +0100 On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 09:48:34AM +0100, Derwin, Frank wrote: >I've just started using the 1.0 Cygwin CD release. > >I have a problem with filename globbing. A single * expands correctly to >give all filenames. > >But any variation on this (such as a* or *a) gives the error "Filename too >long", whether or not there are files that match the pattern. > >Any suggestions? I can't duplicate this behavior. Sorry. Are you doing this from a command shell? From bash? What command are you using? cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com