From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Earnie Boyd To: "Derwin, Frank" , "'cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com'" Subject: Re: Filename globbing/wildcards Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 07:26:00 -0000 Message-id: <20000726142634.26645.qmail@web119.yahoomail.com> X-SW-Source: 2000-07/msg00984.html --- "Derwin, Frank" wrote: > Hi, > > I've just started using the 1.0 Cygwin CD release. > > I have a problem with filename globbing. A single * expands correctly to > give all filenames. > > But any variation on this (such as a* or *a) gives the error "Filename too > long", whether or not there are files that match the pattern. > > Any suggestions? > I've a few but I don't know which one fits. Exactly what is the command you're using when you see this error? What shell interpreter are you using? Paste the output of `cygcheck -v -r -s' in your response to the list, not to me. Regards, ===== --- Earnie Boyd: < mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com > __Cygwin: POSIX on Windows__ Cygwin Newbies: < http://gw32.freeyellow.com/ > __Minimalist GNU for Windows__ Mingw32 List: < http://www.egroups.com/group/mingw32/ > Mingw Home: < http://www.mingw.org/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com