"Matthew D. Fuller" wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 02:18:44AM +0200, a little birdie told me
> that Maxim Sobolev remarked
> >
> > If your logic is right, then attempt to remove existent files from FAT using
> > '*' should yield absolutely the same result (i.e. EINVAL). But in fact files
> > being removed from FAT w/o any problems (touch /fat/1.exist /fat/2.exist ; rm
> > /*.exist). IMHO it is clear bug in unlink error codes on FAT f/s.
>
> I think you'll find that the '*' in that case is expanded by your shell
> long before rm ever gets to it.
*sigh* (seems it is time for me to go into the bed ;). You are probably right - it
seems I forgot to take into account shell role.
So it is pure and unavoidable "feature" of FAT....
-Maxim
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