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Re: cp --target-dir=dir + shell expansion?
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: cp --target-dir=dir + shell expansion? |
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Wed, 10 Dec 2003 11:18:37 +0100 |
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Chris Green <address@hidden> writes:
> 1) Should the error string include an explicit ./ to tell the user
> that globbing isn't happening?
Note that this is not globbing, but tilde expansion.
> 3) Should the shells expand =~ into a the right string ( doesn't sound
> like a good idea for removing .backup=~ ) -- sounds dangerous
It does, but only in an assignment, which is not the case here.
Andreas.
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