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Re: zsh: RM_STAR warning counts files as though DOT_GLOB is set

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From: Peter Stephenson <p.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: zsh: RM_STAR warning counts files as though DOT_GLOB is set
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2017 16:23:37 +0100
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 15:19:15 +0000
Daniel Shahaf <danielsh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't understand the last branch of the if/else in that function: it
> seems to prompt "... delete all the files ..." when count == 0?

Apparently, yes.  I think it's just covering the bases.  I haven't
looked, but probably the stuff above it gradually expanded to make this
case logically redundant, unless there's a mismatch.

pws

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