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doc: Add note about wildcard expansion in ls and dir functions (bug #40544). * dir.m, ls.m: Add note about wildcard expansion (bug #40544).
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Tue, 12 Nov 2013 16:43:42 -0800
parents d63878346099
children 931cc13a6f3b 446c46af4b42
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45 ## @item statinfo 45 ## @item statinfo
46 ## Information structure returned from @code{stat}. 46 ## Information structure returned from @code{stat}.
47 ## @end table 47 ## @end table
48 ## 48 ##
49 ## If @var{directory} is a filename, rather than a directory, then return 49 ## If @var{directory} is a filename, rather than a directory, then return
50 ## information about the named file. @var{directory} may be a list of 50 ## information about the named file. @var{directory} may also be a list rather
51 ## directories specified either by name or with wildcard characters (like * 51 ## than a single directory or file.
52 ## and ?) which will be expanded with @code{glob}. 52 ##
53 ## @var{directory} is subject to shell expansion if it contains any wildcard
54 ## characters @samp{*}, @samp{?}, @samp{[]}. If you want to find a
55 ## literal example of a wildcard character you must escape it using the
56 ## backslash operator @samp{\}.
53 ## 57 ##
54 ## Note that for symbolic links, @code{dir} returns information about 58 ## Note that for symbolic links, @code{dir} returns information about
55 ## the file that the symbolic link points to rather than the link itself. 59 ## the file that the symbolic link points to rather than the link itself.
56 ## However, if the link points to a nonexistent file, @code{dir} returns 60 ## However, if the link points to a nonexistent file, @code{dir} returns
57 ## information about the link. 61 ## information about the link.