From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15086 invoked from network); 21 Jul 2005 02:48:13 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 21 Jul 2005 02:48:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 66738 invoked from network); 21 Jul 2005 02:48:06 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 21 Jul 2005 02:48:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 21796 invoked by alias); 21 Jul 2005 02:47:59 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 9119 Received: (qmail 21786 invoked from network); 21 Jul 2005 02:47:58 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 21 Jul 2005 02:47:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 65688 invoked from network); 21 Jul 2005 02:47:58 -0000 Received: from ns.pcdesk.net (HELO pcdesk.net) (65.100.173.137) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 21 Jul 2005 02:47:54 -0000 Received: from localhost ([::ffff:24.86.115.190]) (AUTH: LOGIN tspivey@pcdesk.net) by pcdesk.net with esmtp; Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:47:45 -0600 id 02C00258.42DF0CD1.00007EF0 Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 19:48:15 -0700 From: Tyler Spivey To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: globbing Message-ID: <20050721024815.GA6649@fast.vc.shawcable.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.4 How can I get this to work? I want to read a filespec from the user, then expand it into an array from a variable. e.g. (nonworking code): f=\* a=($f) This should work, since a=(*) will work. How can I force filename generation? Thanks, Tyler