23 Oct
2002
23 Oct
'02
6:17 p.m.
On Wednesday 23 October 2002 09:05 am, Jeff Smith wrote:
I did some testing and found that *\\whatever.exe does not work, while *whatever.exe does. In case anyone thinks to themselves, "but that could cause problems for xwhatever.exe!", I tested further and found that it only affects programs with the name whatever.exe and not those such as xwhatever.exe.
This is really confusing IMO. When people see *[filename] they're going to think of shell globbing, whether we want them to or not. Perhaps "*\\whatever" /should/ be the supported syntax? -- gmt "Oh, and of course, the fastest way to dig a tunnel is to dig at both sides." -- The Linux Advanced Routing HOWTO