On 2002-12-20 15:24, Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the last episode (Dec 20), Giorgos Keramidas said: > > On 2002-12-20 14:00, Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > In the last episode (Dec 20), Kurt Bigler said: > > > > I don't know zsh, but if it has a setting that prevents wildcard > > > > expansion from including .. as a match for .* that strikes me as an > > > > all-around good thing. > > > > > > zsh's rules are that no filename generation pattern ever matches the > > > files `.' or `..'. There is also a GLOB_DOTS option that when set > > > makes * match files starting with a dot as well. You can enable > > > GLOB_DOTS for a single pattern by using a glob qualifier: *(D) > > > > That's no good either. How does someone `chmod 700 .' with zsh then? > > `chmod 700 .', of course :) The rule only applies to wildcards (i.e. > filename generation patterns).
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