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B20: @arg expansion change problem
- To: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: B20: @arg expansion change problem
- From: Jan <js at hragir dot aua dot am>
- Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 17:41:13 +0100
- Organization: is a violation of the Third Law of Thermodynamics
- Reply-To: jssr at geocities dot com
Up to beta19, an argument starting with '@'
always was considered a usual filename.
Now in beta20, '@arg' is a filename if 'arg'
isn't a file, or the content of 'arg' if 'arg'
is a file.
ex:
rm a
touch @a ->'@a' created
rm @a
echo e f g > a
touch @a ->'e','f','g' created instead of '@a'
this wasn't the case in pre-b20.
As I use make for several dos/windows compilers,
I need a way to tunnel the '@' through command lines
without them erroneously getting expanded, should
the conflicting '@'-less files exist.
Is there a recommended solution for this? Or did I miss
some environment variable? CYGWIN= noglob at least didn't
help, and besides I still want the usual *,? wildcards expanded.
js
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