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Re: [h-e-w] etags with ntemacs 21.1


From: Dr Francis J. Wright
Subject: Re: [h-e-w] etags with ntemacs 21.1
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:52:06 +0000

Jim Davidson wrote:
> 
> I'm having problems running etags out of the new release.
> I'm using the command:
> 
>    etags --append d:/emacs/lisp/*.el
> 
> to append to an existing tags file.
> 
> I get the error:
> 
>    d:/emacs/lisp/*.el: No such file or directory
> 
> I've tried various permutations, like \ and \\ as separators,
> but get the same error.
> 
> This worked in 20.7, and it still works if I explicitly invoke the
> etags that came with 20.7.
> 
> -Jim

Maybe the 20.7 version was compiled so as to support wildcards
internally, whereas the 21.1 version is not and assumes that a shell
will expand them.  Have you tried running it under a UNIX-style shell,
such as Cygwin bash?  (Actually, sh should suffice for just expanding
wildcards.)

Francis



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