From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: David Tolpin <dvd@davidashen.net>
Message-Id: <200403190818.i2J8IgUU097747@adat.davidashen.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] ls, rc question -- proposed change to rc/glob.c
In-Reply-To: <59B1952A-797D-11D8-8706-000A95B984D8@mightycheese.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:18:42 +0400
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> > Since I don't have a printer, here is a proposed change to rc/glob.c
>
> i don't like changing the shell to mask kernel behavior. it leads
> to surprises.  consider unix shells that `fix' cd in a way that it
> differs from the chdir system call.

1. There is no kernel behavior in glob.  It is just a pass over
a list, with results sorted after the pass.

2. The changes I propose make it conforming to the manual.

> i say leave it.  the current behavior doesn't break much and as
> rsc says it can even be informative.

It cannot. ls -q /dev/user* will not give information about 
two different user files. It will display the first /dev/user twice. 

There is a difference between

ls /dev |grep user

ls /dev/user*

ls /dev/user

While bringing two elements is informative in the first case (and I
do not propose to change it), in the second case it is not. It cannot
be used.

David