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Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 13:28:55 -0500
From: "Myron Cheung" <onyx.peridot@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
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Subject: [9fans] question about wildcard expansion in RC
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>>From within a terminal, I type:

% echo (/dev/sdC0)
/dev/sdC0

% echo (/dev/sdC*)
/dev/sdC0 /dev/sdC0


% test -f /dev/sd*/swap
test: unexpected operator/operand: /dev/sdC0/swap



Older versions of 'test' do not complain about the unexpected
operator/operand and worked in termrc.  But the recent version of "test"
fails, as a result, the swap partition is not mounted.

/Myron

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>>From within a terminal, I type:<br><br>% echo (/dev/sdC0)<br>/dev/sdC0<br><br>% echo (/dev/sdC*)<br>/dev/sdC0 /dev/sdC0<br><br><br>% test -f /dev/sd*/swap<br>test: unexpected operator/operand: /dev/sdC0/swap<br><br><br><br>
Older versions of 'test' do not complain about the unexpected operator/operand and worked in termrc.&nbsp; But the recent version of &quot;test&quot; fails, as a result, the swap partition is not mounted.<br><br>/Myron<br>

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