On Sat, Jan 17, 2026 at 01:43:52PM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> What is 'glob' used for?

  xasprintf (&glob_format, "%s/*.cnf", cnf_dir);

  glob_status = glob (glob_format, 0, 0, &possible_files);

>  Perhaps it would be possible to write native
> Windows code to achieve the same, since Windows APIs for finding files
> by their wildcards do exist.  As long as the code doesn't need any
> 'glob'-specific features and doesn't use Unix-style wildcards like
> "*.[ch]", replacing it with Windows native code shouldn't be
> difficult.

Given that the use is basic, it should be possible.  But I think that
using the Gnulib version is the least demanding in term of code, need
for specific testing, which is why it has my favor.

-- 
Pat

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