Hi Gareth, That makes sense in the Unix world, but in this particular XP directory *.* returns the same listing as *
As you note though, grep = * > delme and grep = *.* > delme.txt both create an infinite loop. But, "grep = *.* > delme." does not create the loop. -Sheryl --- Gareth Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >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. > > well obviously - delme doesnt contain a period. > > Gareth > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: > http://mobile.msn.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/
