From: Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com>
To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk
Subject: Re: bug in patterns used for filename expansion (e.g. a[b/c]d)
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:59:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200710091259.l99Cxifg025637@news01.csr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20071009124055.GH22340@prunille.vinc17.org>
Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> zsh 4.3.4 isn't POSIX-compliant concerning filename expansion and
> unmatched [. POSIX[*] says:
>
> For example, the pattern "a[b/c]d" does not match such pathnames as
> abd or a/d. It only matches a pathname of literally a[b/c]d.
>
> [*] http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#t
> ag_02_13_03
>
> But with zsh 4.3.4:
>
> prunille% ls a[b/c]d
> zsh: no matches found: a[b/c]d
As I said on the Austin group list, this isn't a bug. It's controlled
by the option NOMATCH; you'll find that if zsh is in compatibility mode
that option is unset.
--
Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com> Software Engineer
CSR PLC, Churchill House, Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road
Cambridge, CB4 0WZ, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-09 13:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-09 12:40 Vincent Lefevre
2007-10-09 12:59 ` Peter Stephenson [this message]
2007-10-09 14:12 ` Vincent Lefevre
2007-10-09 14:46 ` Peter Stephenson
2007-10-09 15:24 ` Bart Schaefer
2007-10-09 16:00 ` Vincent Lefevre
2007-10-09 15:00 ` Stephane Chazelas
2007-10-09 15:30 ` Bart Schaefer
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