From 44ef59a4e1e7d909b746722582b637eba9f1d709 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dennis Ritchie Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1973 15:45:07 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Research V3 development Work on file man/man7/glob.7 Synthesized-from: v3 --- man/man7/glob.7 | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/man7/glob.7 diff --git a/man/man7/glob.7 b/man/man7/glob.7 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b158355726 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man7/glob.7 @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +.pa 1 +.he 'GLOB (VII)'6/15/72'GLOB (VII)' +.ti 0 +NAME glob -- generate command arguments +.sp +.ti 0 +SYNOPSIS /etc/glob +.sp +.ti 0 +DESCRIPTION glob____ +is used to expand arguments to the shell containing "*", '[', or +"?". It is passed the argument list +containing the metacharacters; glob____ +expands the list and calls the command itself. +The actions of glob____ are detailed in +the Shell writeup. +.sp +.ti 0 +FILES found in /etc/glob +.sp +.ti 0 +SEE ALSO sh(I) +.sp +.ti 0 +DIAGNOSTICS "No match", "No command", "No directory" +.sp +.ti 0 +BUGS If any of +'*', '[', or '?' occurs both quoted and unquoted in the +original command line, +even the quoted metacharacters are expanded. + +glob____ gives the "No match" diagnostic only if +no arguments at all result. +This is never the case if there is any +argument without a metacharacter. -- 2.20.1