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).

Ah, silly me.  What was I thinking about? :-)

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