[5937] in Athena Bugs
vax 7.1H: csh
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John T Kohl)
Tue Sep 4 13:33:27 1990
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 90 13:33:11 -0400
From: John T Kohl <jtkohl@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
System name: lycus
Type and version: CVAXSTAR 7.1H
Display type: SM
What were you trying to do?
mis-type file names
What's wrong:
the c-shell file globbing code seems to have some fencepost-type
errors. It sometimes fails to detect an open [ with no matching close
]:
[{1}lycus:/mit/krb5/build/@sys/appl/telnet]
% echo f[f
Missing ].
[{1}lycus:/mit/krb5/build/@sys/appl/telnet]
% echo f[f]
echo: No match.
[{1}lycus:/mit/krb5/build/@sys/appl/telnet]
% echo fo[f
echo: No match.
^^^^ this should complain about a missing ].
[{1}lycus:/mit/krb5/build/@sys/appl/telnet]
% echo fo[f]
echo: No match.
[{1}lycus:/mit/krb5/build/@sys/appl/telnet]
% echo ff[f
echo: No match.
^^^^ why is this error message than the following?
[{1}lycus:/mit/krb5/build/@sys/appl/telnet]
% touch fff
[{1}lycus:/mit/krb5/build/@sys/appl/telnet]
% echo ff[f
Missing ].
[{1}lycus:/mit/krb5/build/@sys/appl/telnet]
%
What should have happened:
It should have complained 'Missing ].' in all cases.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
csh(1)
