Re: glob(3) extension

[der Mouse <mouse%Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA@localhost>]

>> I propose an addition to glob(3): GLOB_HIDE_DOTDIRS, which makes .
>> and .. vanish when matching wildcards, even if GLOB_PERIOD is set.

(I actually called it GLOB_NO_DOTDIRS...for the trivial reason that
saving two characters made things line up without changing existing
definitions.)

>> Comments?  (I'm going to implement it for my own use, but would find
>> it convenient to have it in the tree.)
> I would prefer flag with the following result: [...]

Well, if you want to implement it, I certainly wouldn't oppose it.  It
won't do what I want, though, so I have no particular interest in doing
it myself, and am unlikely to use that flag, but I'm hardly opposed to
its being available to you.

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