Re: command line arg expansion

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

jim wrote:
> I have recently upgraded from 1.5.12 to 1.5.23 and noticed something that
> has me wondering.    I compiled this on 1.5.23 and have run it under cmd.exe
> on on 1.5.12 and 1.5.23:
>
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> {
>    int i, c;
>
>    for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
>       printf("arg[%d]: '%s'\n", i, argv[i]);
> }
>
> On 1.5.12:
> C:\>e '/.*/'
> arg[0]: 'e'
> arg[1]: '/.*/'
>
> On 1.5.23:
> C:\>e '/.*/'
> arg[0]: 'e'
> arg[1]: '/../'
> arg[2]: '/./'
> arg[3]: '/.other/'
>
> It appears that the runtime initialization on 1.5.23 is doing command line
> expansion - is this correct?   If so, is this change documented somewhere so
> I get the full explanation?

See <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html>.  Look for the
"(no)glob" explanation.

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A: Yes.
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