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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 10:51:51 -0400
To: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Subject: Re: Filename globbing/wildcards
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In-Reply-To: <3D28FD8408F7D111B1CF00600850BEE80154A4E6@irldub700nts.ie.fid-intl.com>; from Frank.Derwin@fid-intl.com on Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 03:03:06PM +0100

On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 at 03:03:06PM +0100, Derwin, Frank wrote:
>I am doing a simple ls a* in a ksh script.
>
>I've tried it in the bash shell too and I get the same behaviour.

Since the filename expansion for bash and ksh is done in the shells
themselves, it's odd that you would be seeing the same behavior in
both.

A 'cygcheck -r -s -v' might help pinpoint your problem.

cgf

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	Chris Faylor [SMTP:cgf AT cygnus DOT com]
>> Sent:	Wednesday, July 26, 2000 2:53 PM
>> To:	'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'
>> Cc:	Frank DOT Derwin AT fid-intl DOT com
>> Subject:	Re: Filename globbing/wildcards
>> 
>> 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
>
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