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From: | Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: How do I pass * (astrix) over argv ? |
Date: | Mon, 20 Sep 1999 23:13:01 -0700 |
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the stress tensor wrote: > > hey there, > > the MS-DOS command interpreter translates the wildcards to the actual > arguments. Not quite true-- in the case of DJGPP it's done by the program itself. (Unix does handle it this way.) But the net effect is similar, you're right. > you can avoid this by enclosing them in double quotes: Correct. > example: ls "*.*" will not list everything in yr directory - it will > fail -- Nate Eldredge neldredge AT hmc DOT edu
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