Re: surprising glob() result on Windows

On 04/28/2023 9:32 PM, Mike wrote:
> Briefly, I have a case where glob("*.ext") returns more files than I
> expect.
>
> To give an example, in a directory of your choice create two files named
> "test.any" and "zest.anyother".  The important detail is that the second
> filename's extension be prefixed by the first filename's extension.
>
> Then launch Vim in that directory and run the command
>    :echo glob("*.any")
> Both files are returned, not just "test.any".
>
> I see this on Windows running vim 9.0.1240 with normal features built
> with Visual C.  On the other hand, Vim on my linux box returns only
> "test.any", as I would expect, so I don't think this a feature. :)

I've since rebuilt Vim to include patches up to 1494 and still see the
same results on my Windows 10 system. I thought that patches 1400 and
1458 might help but they did not.

>
> Any comments?
>
> -mike
>
>


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