Thanks, cgf, That makes sense. But one more comment
"grep = *.* > delme" from the XP prompt does NOT create the infinite loop. It acts like the bash shell. -Sheryl --- Christopher Faylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 05:23:05PM -0700, Sheryl > McKeown wrote: > >grepping and redircting the output to a file > >causes a process loop that has to be killed > > > >17:17 0 [C:\Development\test] > >.grep = * > delme > > > >17:18 66048 [C:\Development\test] > >.^C > > > >What happens is that the grep starts reading the > delme > >file and then reporting all those finds... > > Right. The file is created before grep is started > so when grep expands > the '*' if finds delme and dutifully searches it... > forever. > > >Ok, but the odd part this is, this behavior doesn't > appear when using > >the bash shell (on the same XP box). > > When run from the bash shell, bash itself first > expands '*' and then > creates delme. Since delme doesn't exist, it isn't > searched. > > cgf > -- > Please do not send me personal email with cygwin > questions. > Use the resources at http://cygwin.com/ . > > -- > Unsubscribe info: > http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
