From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27819 invoked from network); 14 Jun 2004 09:43:22 -0000 Received: from thor.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.86) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 14 Jun 2004 09:43:22 -0000 Received: (qmail 27439 invoked from network); 14 Jun 2004 09:42:40 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 14 Jun 2004 09:42:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 13314 invoked by alias); 14 Jun 2004 09:42:04 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 7541 Received: (qmail 13291 invoked from network); 14 Jun 2004 09:42:04 -0000 Received: from thor.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (qmailr@130.225.247.86) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 14 Jun 2004 09:42:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 25788 invoked from network); 14 Jun 2004 09:41:42 -0000 Received: from lhuumrelay3.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net (62.189.58.19) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 14 Jun 2004 09:41:41 -0000 Received: from MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com (mailhost1.csr.com [62.189.183.235]) by lhuumrelay3.lnd.ops.eu.uu.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id i5E9fEv04579 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 09:41:14 GMT Received: from EXCHANGE02.csr.com (unverified [192.168.137.45]) by MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.12) with ESMTP id for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:40:36 +0100 Received: from news01.csr.com ([192.168.143.38]) by EXCHANGE02.csr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:44:19 +0100 Received: from news01.csr.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by news01.csr.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i5E9fL3U002657 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:41:21 +0100 Received: from csr.com (pws@localhost) by news01.csr.com (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) with ESMTP id i5E9fL81002654 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:41:21 +0100 Message-Id: <200406140941.i5E9fL81002654@news01.csr.com> X-Authentication-Warning: news01.csr.com: pws owned process doing -bs To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: *(@)/subdir expansion In-reply-to: "Aaron Davies"'s message of "Sat, 12 Jun 2004 01:43:32 EDT." <70B2ED44-BC33-11D8-B393-000502631FBD@louisville.edu> Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:41:21 +0100 From: Peter Stephenson X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Jun 2004 09:44:19.0288 (UTC) FILETIME=[2A118D80:01C451F4] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.6 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_60 autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Hits: 1.6 Aaron Davies wrote: > Really, the correct general solution to this is to fall back on the > tool that zsh's extended glob attempts to make obsolete: GNU find. > Despite its arcane and annoying syntax, it's still occasionally useful. > > In this case, you want to say > > find *(@) -name dry -exec ls '{}' ';' It occurs to me that with the unambiguous (#q...) syntax for qualifiers with the extendedglob option set, it would be possible to allow things like ls *(#q@)/* Currently the qualifiers there just get ignored, so there's no ambiguity. I haven't looked at the code and don't know if it would be useful enough to justify the effort. It's not particularly readable! -- Peter Stephenson Software Engineer CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070 ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com **********************************************************************