On 2021-07-21 05:42, Ev Drikos via Cygwin wrote:
When I run the program below from my home directory in a PowerShell
Console (Windows 8-1) I've to use an extra backslash character as
shown below or the star is expanded. Which happens only when the
program has been compiled in Cygwin.
Is this a bug or a known feature?
It's a feature which emulates the argument expansions normally performed
by shells under Unix like systems.
If a Cygwin program is not run from a Cygwin shell, then the Cygwin
program startup argument parsing obeys the quoting rules and performs
the argument expansions which running from a Cygwin shell would normally
perform, so the program sees the same arguments as running from a Cygwin
shell would generate.
Run "info bash 'pattern matching'" then press u (Up) and repeat to see
other argument expansions and processing performed; tab and press Enter
to view Topics; press q to Quit.
--
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains
too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised.
[Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]
--
Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
