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Because all shells on Linux/macOS expand globs, and even MinGW on Windows emulates this behavior, it's easy to forget that Windows by itself doesn't support glob expansion. This PR documents this cross-platform difference.

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Thanks! Seems good to me once the spelling is correct.

@@ -671,6 +671,10 @@ pub struct ArgsOs { inner: sys::args::Args }
/// set to arbitrary text, and may not even exist. This means this property should
/// not be relied upon for security purposes.
///
/// On Unix systems shell usually expands unqoted arguments with glob patterns
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typo, unqoted -> unquoted

@kennytm kennytm added S-waiting-on-author Status: This is awaiting some action (such as code changes or more information) from the author. and removed S-waiting-on-review Status: Awaiting review from the assignee but also interested parties. labels Nov 7, 2017
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dtolnay commented Nov 7, 2017

@bors r+ rollup

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bors commented Nov 7, 2017

📌 Commit 53de42e has been approved by dtolnay

GuillaumeGomez added a commit to GuillaumeGomez/rust that referenced this pull request Nov 8, 2017
Warn about lack of args glob expansion in Windows shell

Because all shells on Linux/macOS expand globs, and even MinGW on Windows emulates this behavior, it's easy to forget that Windows by itself doesn't support glob expansion. This PR documents this cross-platform difference.
bors added a commit that referenced this pull request Nov 8, 2017
Rollup of 4 pull requests

- Successful merges: #45582, #45766, #45830, #45849
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bors commented Nov 8, 2017

☔ The latest upstream changes (presumably #45862) made this pull request unmergeable. Please resolve the merge conflicts.

@bors bors merged commit 53de42e into rust-lang:master Nov 8, 2017
@kornelski kornelski deleted the dosglobs branch November 8, 2017 13:13
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