> term% mkdir trashdir && cd trashdir && mkdir x > term% touch `{i=0; while (test $i -lt 128) { echo -n abcdefghijklmnop; > i=`{echo $i+1|hoc} } } > term% cp abc* abc* x > # watch the cp executable suicide > # now, make SURE there's nothing in this rio window that you want to keep... > term% rm abc* > # watch the rio window go bye bye! > > I'm not someone to complain without also offering solutions, though. > I'm in the process of writing some C macros that might help clean up the > source code, ensure intended bounary conditions, improve some > interfaces, etc. I already have some working code, but it's still very > experimental. >
I don't see how C macros would improve rc's globbing code, which thinks that there won't be files with names that long. -- Federico G. Benavento