Re: filelist glob usage frustration

Hi,

On 12/05/2020 23:30, RL wrote:
> Ah. It looks like there is a sinkhole in my understanding of shell behavior. The trivial tests now run as expected. Onward. Thank you very much for your help.

Yep, shells generally only resolve wildcards and variables (and a few
other similar things), and not relative paths. You can see it with e.g.
`echo ./relativepath * ${HOME} $(date)`, you'll see what get resolved by
the shell and what not.

> 
> (Bookkeeping)
> 
> I am replying to the list in response to your email but not copying you. Is that the usual best way? Or should I copy you as well? (I have not been active in lists for a very long while.)

Do not copy me, please. I read the list and else it confuses my filter.

> I normally top-post and leave the minimum quote needed for clarity. From dial-up days. Not sure if that is best on a list now. Better to always quote fully, or maybe interleave relevant snippets and crop less germane bits? Or some other form?

Whatever is reasonable for the specific case :-)

I personally prefer to crop useless parts, the thread has the history,
not each e-mail, and top-post or interleave, depending on the complexity
of my answer. If something is worth documenting, it anyway belongs in
the docs...

KR, Eric