Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: i686 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu' -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./include -I./lib -DDEFAULT_PATH_VALUE='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin' -DSTANDARD_UTILS_PATH='/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin' -DSYS_BASHRC='/etc/bash/bashrc' -DSYS_BASH_LOGOUT='/etc/bash/bash_logout' -DNON_INTERACTIVE_LOGIN_SHELLS -DSSH_SOURCE_BASHRC -march=pentium4 -O2 -pipe uname output: Linux ice.filescope.com 2.6.25.10 #5 PREEMPT Thu Nov 27 16:10:07 EST 2008 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1400MHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 4.0 Patch Level: 10 Release Status: release Description: (Note: I am in the root directory of the bash source code) [~/desktop/bash-4.0]$ ls -adl exampl*/** ls: cannot access examples/examples: No such file or directory ls: cannot access examples/examples/complete: No such file or directory ls: cannot access examples/examples/complete/bashcc-1.0.1.tar.gz: No such file or directory ls: cannot access examples/examples/complete/bash_completion: No such file or directory [...] The above-mentioned "ls -adl exampl*/**" command should work the same as "ls -adl examples/**"; however, as shown above, the behavior of the former command is wrong. The commands work properly in both KornShell and Z shell. --Matt Zyzik