home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: EU.net!sun4nl!xs4all!falstaff
- From: falstaff@xs4all.nl (Falstaff)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: File Globbing
- Date: 26 Mar 1996 05:59:59 GMT
- Organization: XS4ALL, networking for the masses
- Message-ID: <4j814v$gg7@news.xs4all.nl>
- References: <4j7kvp$p1d@silas.cc.monash.edu.au>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: xs1.xs4all.nl
- Keywords: globbing
- X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #666 (NOV)
-
- mman2@silas.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr Mark Mansour) writes:
-
- >I am looking for a file globbing routing for a Unix box. Is there
- >something already written, or do I have to start from scratch? For
- >those who do not understand what I am talking about, if the user
- >enters something such as "ls a*b??d" it will check it against an
- >array/list of alternatives and supply my with the correct answer.
-
- Try "echo *" on any UNIX shell and you'll know where to look for it.
-
- Frank
- --
- The famous GIICM now on line: http://www.xs4all.nl/~falstaff/GIICM.html
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Frank A. Vorstenbosch +31-(70)-355 5241 falstaff@xs4all.nl
-