From: Austin Ziegler <austin@...>
Date: 2003-10-03T07:37:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Strange Win32 ARGV problem

Patrick: please note that you are apparently HTML format messages,
which makes it hard to read what you have written. (This is why I
haven't quoted anything from you -- the formatting was too badly
messed up.)

In answer to your question, you have been bitten by a significant
difference between the way that Unix and Windows command lines work.
When you do a "*" in Unix, the SHELL (bash, zsh, etc.) expands the
directory entries for you ... even if you don't want it to do so.[1]
On Windows, however, that responsibility lies exclusively with the
program.

In Windows, you'll need to use the patterns you have been given with
the Dir#[] method.

-austin
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austin ziegler    * austin@halostatue.ca * Toronto, ON, Canada
software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2003.10.02
                                         * 18.32.04