On Wednesday 23 October 2002 09:05 am, Jeff Smith wrote: > I did some testing and found that > *\\whatever.exe does not work, while > *whatever.exe does. > In case anyone thinks to themselves, "but that > could cause problems for xwhatever.exe!", > I tested further and found that it only > affects programs with the name whatever.exe > and not those such as xwhatever.exe.
This is really confusing IMO. When people see *[filename] they're going to think of shell globbing, whether we want them to or not. Perhaps "*\\whatever" /should/ be the supported syntax? -- gmt "Oh, and of course, the fastest way to dig a tunnel is to dig at both sides." -- The Linux Advanced Routing HOWTO
