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Re: globbing and parameter expansion in 3.0.5

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From: "Zefram" <zefram@xxxxxxxxx>
To: monnier+lists/zsh/users/news/@TEQUILA.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU (Stefan Monnier)
Subject: Re: globbing and parameter expansion in 3.0.5
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 10:19:10 +0100 (BST)
Cc: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <5l3eadgn7p.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> from "Stefan Monnier" at Aug 31, 98 11:55:38 am

Stefan Monnier wrote:
>/-0% bash -c 'toto="*"; echo $toto'
>System.map amd bin boot cdrom compressed core depots dev dos etc floppy home homes inittab kernel lib lost+found misc mnt net nfs proc root rpm sbin scratch softs tmp usr var windows wine
>/-0% zsh -c 'toto="*"; echo $toto'
>*

% zsh -c 'toto="*"; echo $toto'
*
% zsh -c 'toto="*"; echo $~toto'
bin data etc export man tmp usr
% ARGV0=sh zsh -c 'toto="*"; echo $toto'
bin data etc export man tmp usr
% ARGV0=bash zsh -c 'toto="*"; echo $toto'
bin data etc export man tmp usr

>Which one is "correct" ?

Both.  See GLOB_SUBST in zshoptions(1).

-zefram

References:
- globbing and parameter expansion in 3.0.5
  - From: Stefan Monnier

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