Worm/Passwords (really: rm *)
Root Boy Jim
rbj at nav.icst.nbs.gov
Wed Nov 23 01:47:51 AEST 1988
? In the C-shell:
? % set noglob
? You will have no further problems with pesky '*' characters. Haven't we
? solved this problem yet? Is this is problem that needs to be solved? Is
? this a problem at all?
Well, at least you won't have the OBVIOUS one. But I would like to
rail against some of the other csh (and sh?) braindamage. Namely,
the treatment of `nonomatch'. Unfortunately, *.z globs to itself,
rather than nothing, if no .z files exist. This is a shame, because
foreach works with an empty list, whereas in sh the command
`for i in ;do echo foo; done' does not.
BTW, you can't spell `worm' without `rm'!
? Louis A. Mamakos WA3YMH Internet: louie at TRANTOR.UMD.EDU
? University of Maryland, Computer Science Center - Systems Programming
? Me Gotta Go Now <--- proposed addition to signature file
Just an innocent bystander in this case.
(Root Boy) Jim Cottrell (301) 975-5688
<rbj at nav.icst.nbs.gov> or <rbj at icst-cmr.arpa>
Crackers and Worms -- Breakfast of Champions!
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