> Well, that was my next step, but I'm off home for the evening.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /artimi> cd /proc/registry
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /proc/registry> cd HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /proc/registry/HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT> cd \*
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /proc/registry/HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/*> ls
> AlwaysShowExt InfoTip OpenWithList QuickTip TileInfo shellex
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /proc/registry/HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/*> cd InfoTip
> bash: cd: InfoTip: Not a directory
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /proc/registry/HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/*> cd QuickTip
> bash: cd: QuickTip: Not a directory
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /proc/registry/HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/*>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /proc/registry/HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/*> cd ..
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /proc/registry/HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT> cd .386/
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /proc/registry/HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/.386> cd [TAB-TAB]
> @ PerceivedType PersistentHandler
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /proc/registry/HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/.386> cd PersistentHandler/
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /proc/registry/HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/.386/PersistentHandler> ls
> @
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /proc/registry/HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/.386/PersistentHandler>
> cat @
> {098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb} [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> /proc/registry/HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/
>
> It does look as if there's a dll bug preventing it from changing into
> subdirs when there's an asterisk in the path. Dunno why it doesn't go on to
> iterate the rest of the /proc tree, although if you try "find /proc -xdev"
> it does enumerate more of the top-level.
Works for me:
$ cd /proc/registry/HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/\*
$ ls -F
AlwaysShowExt InfoTip shellex/
$ cat InfoTip
prop:Type;Author;Title;Subject;Comment;Size
$ cd shellex
$ /bin/pwd
/proc/registry/HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/*/shellex
The problem in your demo is that not all registry entries are keys - some
(including hkcr/*/InfoTip) are values. In /proc/registry, registry keys map to
directories, registry values map to files, and the contents of the values are
found by reading the files.
--
Eric Blake
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