[ On Tue, November  1, 1994 at 07:25:16 (-0600), Richard H. Wood wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: Little prob with rm
>
> Greg A. Woods wrote:
> > 
> > [ On Mon, October 31, 1994 at 16:24:31 (-0500), Chris G. Demetriou wrote: ]
> > > Subject: Re: Little prob with rm 
> > >
> > > for files, no.  you get an error if you try to open
> > > /dira/dirb/dirc/file/ .
> > 
> > Of course, and this normally wouldn't be a problem for tcsh/ksh/zsh/etc
> > users, since the shell won't append a "/" to a filename expansion.
> 
> For whatever it's worth (probably not much ;-) ) the version of tcsh 
> I occasionally use at work does.  So does the ksh on my sVr4 box at home.  

You mean it does append a '/' on a filename?  Not just on directories?

I'd say it's badly broken if that's the case.

> Maybe it's the emacs-style (set -o emacs) I use on ksh that does it for
> me. (?)

Well all the ksh-11/16/88e's I've seen don't append a '/' on a filename
expansion, but rather only on a directory name expansion done with 'ESC
ESC', and not if done with 'ESC *'.  They append a ' ' on filenames
though....

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