NAME GLOB(VIII)
glob - generate command arguments
SYNOPSIS
/etc/glob command [ arguments ]
DESCRIPTION
Glob is used to expand arguments containing ``*'', ``['', or
``?'', in the same fashion as the Shell does. Glob is
passed the argument list containing the metacharacters; glob
expands the list and calls the indicated command. The
actions of glob are detailed in the Shell writeup.
If the command name is a simple name containing no `/', glob
expects argument 0 to be a sequence of directories separated
by `:', i.e., a string of the same form as the Shell's $p
variable. It uses this argument to perform directory
searching in the same way as the shell.
SEE ALSO
sh(I), pexec(III)
DIAGNOSTICS
``No match'' if none of the arguments produces a successful
filename match.
``Arg list too long'' if too many (more than 5120) charac-
ters of arguments are generated.
Other messages are listed in pexec(III).