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Subject: bug in globber?
Date:	Sat, 22 May 1993 13:13:49 -0400
From:	Alan Watson <alan@oldp.astro.wisc.edu>
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rc doesn't seem to be able to glob through a directory without having
read permission; sh can.

; mkdir foo
; echo foo/../foo*
foo/../foo
; chmod u-r foo
; echo foo/../foo*
foo/../foo*
; sh
$ echo foo/../foo*
foo/../foo
$ sh5
$ echo foo/../foo*
foo/../foo
$

This is under Ultrix 4.3, so /bin/sh is a creaky old v7 sh and /bin/sh5
is the SVR2 sh.  And, no, the shs aren't running setuid root!

Alan.