Re: bin/37494 (/bin/sh doesn't expand * in filenames for input redirection.)

[Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/37494; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/37494 (/bin/sh doesn't expand * in filenames for input redirection.)
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 01:38:35 +0700

 POSIX is in (exact) accord with what was quoted from SUSv2,
 non-interactive shells may not perform pathname expansion on
 redirection file names, interactive shells may, but are not
 required to.
 
 It has long been a "feature" of the Bourne shell that it acted
 this way - shells with a greater emphasis on the interactive
 user experience have changed it (because it is nice to be able
 to type less).
 
 But since nothing has happened to change sh in the past 8
 years, and there really doesn't seem to be a huge demand for it
 to be changed, I think this PR should just be closed, with an
 "it is how it is, and it's staying that way" explanation.
 
 kre