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Re: glob(3) extension



On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 09:35:37PM -0500, der Mouse wrote:
  | I propose an addition to glob(3): GLOB_HIDE_DOTDIRS, which makes . and
  | .. vanish when matching wildcards, even if GLOB_PERIOD is set.
  | 
  | Comments?  (I'm going to implement it for my own use, but would find it
  | convenient to have it in the tree.)

I implemented something like that many many years ago,
but it never got fed upstream (I forget why), and I've
probably lost the diffs.

It's a good idea; go for it.

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