> From: Bruno Haible <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 11:36:28 +0200 > > > > > http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/is-this-a-known-problem-with-windows-wildcard/fbd381a5-bb80-e011-9b4b-68b599b31bf5 > > Oh really. When I tried to list all files that end in '1', I get: > > C:\>dir *1 > Datenträger in Laufwerk C: ist Local Disk > Volumeseriennummer: 7074-65BF > > Verzeichnis von C:\ > > 28.03.2009 03:33 <DIR> 3f2f406460a40ccd4dd45efd1a9a9a7c > 09.06.2011 02:30 <DIR> cygwin17b > 28.04.2011 23:21 <DIR> Dokumente und Einstellungen > 14.04.2012 01:44 <DIR> Programme > 08.11.2009 03:40 1.024 .rnd > > This is *so* broken.
Well, if you need to support 8+3 aliases, there really isn't any other way. Granted, this is entirely unexpected, unless you already know about that.
