Greg Stigers writes:

<snip>
> whereas a UNIX rm - * (remove everything recursively) will not nor
cannot
> warn you against doing so. rm never sees the wildcard for all files, and
the
> shell doesn't warn you. Why this matter is that because of this
difference,
> if you want to use wildcards with a POSIX command, you have to go into
the
> shell in order to do so. you cannot
> ls ../PUB/A*
> from the MPE prompt.

Ah yes, as HP likes to say, "That's not a 'bug,' it's a 'feature.'"

Patrick
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Patrick Santucci
Technical Services Analyst
Seabury & Smith, Inc.