From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 16403 invoked from network); 8 Dec 2003 17:43:34 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 8 Dec 2003 17:43:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 16176 invoked by alias); 8 Dec 2003 17:43:18 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 6851 Received: (qmail 16092 invoked from network); 8 Dec 2003 17:43:17 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO sunsite.dk) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 8 Dec 2003 17:43:17 -0000 X-MessageWall-Score: 0 (sunsite.dk) Received: from [62.189.183.235] by sunsite.dk (MessageWall 1.0.8) with SMTP; 8 Dec 2003 17:43:16 -0000 Received: from EXCHANGE02.csr.com (unverified) by MAILSWEEPER01.csr.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 4.3.10) with ESMTP id for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 17:43:09 +0000 Received: from csr.com ([192.168.144.127]) by EXCHANGE02.csr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Mon, 8 Dec 2003 17:44:42 +0000 To: "Zsh Users' List" Subject: Re: Excluding files in CVS directories in filename generation In-reply-to: "Hannu Koivisto"'s message of "Mon, 08 Dec 2003 19:36:30 +0200." <87r7zffbz5.fsf@lynx.tre-1.ionific.com> Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 17:43:12 +0000 Message-ID: <29275.1070905392@csr.com> From: Peter Stephenson X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Dec 2003 17:44:42.0530 (UTC) FILETIME=[F5FC8020:01C3BDB2] Hannu Koivisto wrote: > I would be interested to know why **/*~**/CVS/*(.) didn't work, > though. Ah, yes, it's not completely obvious. It's because /'s after the ~ aren't special, and hence neither is **/. So in fact it is looking for the pattern `*/CVS/*' and trying to remove that, which doesn't occur. You would need **/*~(*/|)CVS/*(.) -- 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 **********************************************************************