Actually, MinGW, on Windows, does glob expansion, e.g.:

#include <stdio.h>
extern int _CRT_glob;
//_CRT_glob = 0;
int main( int argc, char **argv ) {
    int i;
    for ( i = 1; i < argc; i ++ )
        printf( "%s\n", argv[i] );
    return 0;
}

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and then

>gcc x.c
>a.exe *.c
x.c

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If comment is uncommented, the output becomes *.c. However, Perl has its reasons to prevent such globbing. The "other Win32 ports" being ActiveState, and PAR-packed executable, created with AS-Perl, won't expand globs.

What's odd, is that executable built with PAR::Packer should prevent globbing, too -- this seems to be the intention. But for some reason, it doesn't work. So, I'd say it's minor bug and/or inconsistency.

In reply to Re: PAR pp glob for me on windows? by vr
in thread PAR pp glob for me on windows? by Discipulus

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