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@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ is equivalent to .QW "\fBset pwd [pwd]; cd $dir; glob *; cd $pwd\fR" . For \fB\-path\fR specifications, the returned names will include the last path segment, so -.QW "\fBglob \-tails \-path [file rootname ~/foo.tex] .*\fR" +.QW "\fBglob \-tails \-path [file rootname /home/fred/foo.tex] .*\fR" will return paths like \fBfoo.aux foo.bib foo.tex\fR etc. .TP \fB\-types\fR \fItypeList\fR @@ -168,16 +168,6 @@ which must be matched explicitly (this is to avoid a recursive pattern like from recursing up the directory hierarchy as well as down). In addition, all .QW / characters must be matched explicitly. -.LP -If the first character in a \fIpattern\fR is -.QW ~ -then it refers to the home directory for the user whose name follows the -.QW ~ . -If the -.QW ~ -is followed immediately by -.QW / -then the value of the HOME environment variable is used. .PP The \fBglob\fR command differs from csh globbing in two ways. First, it does not sort its result list (use the \fBlsort\fR @@ -188,13 +178,7 @@ contains a ?, *, or [] construct. .SH "WINDOWS PORTABILITY ISSUES" .PP For Windows UNC names, the servername and sharename components of the path -may not contain ?, *, or [] constructs. On Windows NT, if \fIpattern\fR is -of the form -.QW \fB~\fIusername\fB@\fIdomain\fR , -it refers to the home -directory of the user whose account information resides on the specified NT -domain server. Otherwise, user account information is obtained from -the local computer. +may not contain ?, *, or [] constructs. .PP Since the backslash character has a special meaning to the glob command, glob patterns containing Windows style path separators need @@ -229,7 +213,7 @@ Find all the Tcl files in the user's home directory, irrespective of what the current directory is: .PP .CS -\fBglob\fR \-directory ~ *.tcl +\fBglob\fR \-directory [file home] *.tcl .CE .PP Find all subdirectories of the current directory: |