Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 04:30:05 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Makonnen <mike_makonnen@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/34819: bzip2 cannot handle filenames containing * or ? Message-ID: <200202111230.g1BCU5n02898@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/34819; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Mike Makonnen <mike_makonnen@yahoo.com>
To: Nicolas Rachinsky <list@rachinsky.de>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/34819: bzip2 cannot handle filenames containing * or ?
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 04:26:15 -0800
It appears from the source code that it specifically checks for the
occurrence of '*' and '?' in the file name and fails if either one does
occur:
static
Bool containsDubiousChars ( Char* name )
{
Bool cdc = False;
for (; *name != '\0'; name++)
if (*name == '?' || *name == '*') cdc = True;
return cdc;
}
and ...
if ( srcMode != SM_I2O && containsDubiousChars ( inName ) ) {
if (noisy)
fprintf ( stderr, "%s: There are no files matching `%s'.\n",
progName, inName );
setExit(1);
return;
}
The error string should probably be more helpful.
Having said that, bzip2 is contributed software so you should complain
to its creator: Julian Seward http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2/
cheers,
mike makonnen
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