From: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
To: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
Cc: zsh-users@sunsite.dk
Subject: Re: Command != command ???
Date: 24 Jul 2005 21:15:39 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87hdejmsgk.fsf@ceramic.fifi.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1050725035446.ZM27009@candle.brasslantern.com>
Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> writes:
> On Jul 24, 8:32pm, Philippe Troin wrote:
> }
> } Extended_glob is not necessary for **.
>
> Note that ** is the same as *. Only **/ is special -- the slash is
> a necessary part of the token.
>
> } Yet, the manual states (FILENAME GENERATION > Recursive Globbing):
> }
> } As a shorthand, `**/' is equivalent to `(*/)#'; note that
> } this therefore matches files in the current directory as
> } well as subdirectories.
> }
> } And earlier on (FILENAME GENERATION > Glob Operators):
> }
> } x# (Requires EXTENDED_GLOB to be set.) Matches zero
> } or more occurrences of the pattern x.
> }
> } Should we fix the manual?
>
> The first bit that you quoted is talking about semantics. The second
> excerpt is talking about syntax. There is nothing to fix; "equivalent
> to" does not mean "may always be typographically replaced by".
Fair enough.
Phil.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-07-25 4:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-07-24 5:42 Meino Christian Cramer
2005-07-24 22:12 ` Philippe Troin
2005-07-24 23:22 ` Bart Schaefer
2005-07-25 3:06 ` Meino Christian Cramer
2005-07-25 3:32 ` Philippe Troin
2005-07-25 3:45 ` Meino Christian Cramer
2005-07-25 4:14 ` Philippe Troin
2005-07-25 16:06 ` Meino Christian Cramer
2005-07-25 3:54 ` Bart Schaefer
2005-07-25 4:15 ` Philippe Troin [this message]
2005-07-25 18:00 ` Meino Christian Cramer
2005-07-25 18:24 ` Philippe Troin
2005-07-25 18:53 ` Meino Christian Cramer
2005-07-25 19:20 ` Philippe Troin
2005-07-25 19:35 ` Meino Christian Cramer
2005-07-25 22:37 ` Philippe Troin
2005-07-26 0:33 ` Meino Christian Cramer
2005-07-26 2:21 ` Philippe Troin
2005-07-26 4:20 ` Sami Samhuri
2005-07-27 18:25 ` Meino Christian Cramer
2005-07-26 5:07 ` Bart Schaefer
2005-07-27 2:50 ` Meino Christian Cramer
2005-07-26 10:28 ` Peter Stephenson
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