8 Jul
2017
8 Jul
'17
1:51 a.m.
That's the way I remember it, too--short for 'global expression'.
TOPS-10 also had a glob command. That possibly predates the UNIX
glob.
-Paul W.
On 7/7/17, Clem Cole <clemc(a)ccc.com> wrote:
This is matches my memory/was the way I learned it -
ie glob was just short
for "global" (expression).
Steve / Doug any memories?
On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Noel Chiappa <jnc(a)mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
wrote:
From: Ron
Minnich
Why was it called glob? I always wondered.
Something about global expressions.
I recall reading about this somewhere; I tried looking in the man page:
http://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=V1/man/man7/glob.7
but it didn't go into any detail. I don't know where I could have seen
it,
alas...
Noel