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Re: ** bug?

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From: Mark Borges <mdb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: hari@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: ** bug?
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 22:35:57 -0600
Cc: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <9509190209.AA00985@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Organization: CIRES, University of Colorado
References: <9509190209.AA00985@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>> Hariharan Dhandapani(HD) wrote on Mon, 18 Sep 1995 19:09:29 +0800:
HD> seems like there is a bug with the ** operator:
HD> $ ls
HD> api@    poll@
HD> api and poll are actually pointers to directories
HD> $ ls **/*.c
HD> zsh: no matches found: **/*.c

HD> what gives? isn't this a bug?

No, it's documented to work this way -- see zshexpn(1)  (or search for
`**' if using an older version of zsh).

To get what you want, use the form ***/*.c

  -mb-

References:
- ** bug?
  - From: Hariharan Dhandapani

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