Source C-code for shell (bash) that processes an asterisk as a special symbol

[Igor Peshansky]

On Thu, 25 May 2006, Alex Vinokur wrote:

> We have mini-shell that doesn't process an asterisk '*' as a special
> symbol. Is there any free source C-code on Cygwin that implements that
> processing?

If I understand your question correctly, there are at least 4 different
sources for shells, plus various other programs (e.g., make).  What you're
looking for is called "wildcard processing".  Beware of licensing issues,
though.
	Igor
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