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| author | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2000-12-13 15:43:32 +0000 |
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| committer | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2000-12-13 15:43:32 +0000 |
| commit | ff15e09cc95f30c2618c8008be0cb51168adf928 (patch) | |
| tree | 6dd0fcf7f7aac48d55fc2e127d90f72fc9d53941 | |
| parent | cbd193369055c65b90a152d34ba1897afd5f6a09 (diff) | |
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update globbing entry
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diff --git a/winsup/doc/how-api.texinfo b/winsup/doc/how-api.texinfo index 46bab61..6272582 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/how-api.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/how-api.texinfo @@ -131,16 +131,7 @@ areas passed to it via shared area and then returns from fork itself. @subsection How does wildcarding (globbing) work? -@strong{(Please note: This section has not yet been updated for the latest -net release.)} - -If an application using CYGWIN.DLL starts up, and can't find the -@code{PID} environment variable, it assumes that it has been started -from the a DOS style command prompt. This is pretty safe, since the -rest of the tools (including bash) set PID so that a new process knows -what PID it has when it starts up. - -If the DLL thinks it has come from a DOS style prompt, it runs a +If the DLL thinks it was invoked from a DOS style prompt, it runs a `globber' over the arguments provided on the command line. This means that if you type @code{LS *.EXE} from DOS, it will do what you might expect. |