From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: paul.winalski@gmail.com (Paul Winalski) Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 15:51:04 -0400 Subject: [TUHS] origin of the name 'glob' In-Reply-To: References: <20170707165546.D887418C0E7@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> Message-ID: That's the way I remember it, too--short for 'global expression'. TOPS-10 also had a glob command. That possibly predates the UNIX glob. -Paul W. On 7/7/17, Clem Cole wrote: > This is matches my memory/was the way I learned it - ie glob was just short > for "global" (expression). > > Steve / Doug any memories? > > On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Noel Chiappa > wrote: > >> > From: Ron Minnich >> >> > Why was it called glob? I always wondered. >> >> Something about global expressions. >> >> I recall reading about this somewhere; I tried looking in the man page: >> >> http://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=V1/man/man7/glob.7 >> >> but it didn't go into any detail. I don't know where I could have seen >> it, >> alas... >> >> Noel >> >