Re: Type bug in man 7 glob's text

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 4:59 AM, Dmitriy Krasil'nikov
<krasilnikov.d.o@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello!
> I'm using man-pages package of version 3.28 on my Gentoo Linux which is
> up-to-date and I've found a type bug in text of "man 7 glob" manual page.
> The bug is in the 34 line in section "Ranges". Below is the text that I
> think is wrong:
>
> "[--0]" matches the three characters '-', '.', '0'
>
> If I understand right, correct string should be:  "[-.0]" matches the three
> characters '-', '.', '0', but I'm not sure in it.

Hello Dmitriy,

This is not correct. Have a careful read of the *whole* sentence
tehre, and also look at "man 7 ascii".

Thanks,

Michael



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