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RE: Wildcards in the path name parameter
- From: "Coetzee, Evert" <Evert dot Coetzee at pfizer dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 08:29:55 -0400
- Subject: RE: Wildcards in the path name parameter
But I'm running it from the cmd.exe command prompt. I'm not in a shell.
cp: cannot stat `/cygdrive/c/*.*': No such file or directory
That is the error I get now.
-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf
Of Corinna Vinschen
Sent: 26 May 2005 11:42
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Wildcards in the path name parameter
On May 26 06:28, Coetzee, Evert wrote:
> So my conclusion is that the * is not interpreted as a wildcard when it is
> part fo a pathname.
Wrong. Don't mix Win32 and POSIX paths. Use /cygdrive/c/sourcedir/*.txt.
No drive letters, no backslash.
Corinna
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