On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 01:15:53AM -0700, Brad Rhodes wrote: > In /etc/, 'ls X*' lists xserver, a directory, and Xserver, a regular file. 'ls > x*' yields 'ls: x*: No such file or directory' although there are several > files > starting with a lowercase x (???). I tried 'less' on Xserver, to look at it, > but > it says 'Xserver: No such file or directory' (???). I tried to cd into > xserver, > but it says '/etc/xserver: No such file or directory' (???). Both files have > read permissions set for owner, group, and other users, and I was logged in as > root. I don't understand what's going on.
You're probably getting confused because /etc/X* is expanded by the shell to /etc/X11/ (the only X<foo> in /etc/ that I know of). Remember, unquoted wildcards on the command line are interpreted by the shell for file globs. $ ls /etc/x* /etc/xemacs21: site-start.d/ /etc/xlogmaster: config database/ entries/ scripts/ sound/ /etc/xmcd: hdc -- Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
