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  Re: Pathname expansion vs. filename expansion Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2019-08-20 11:39 -0400

#15329 — Re: Pathname expansion vs. filename expansion

On 8/20/19 11:15 AM, Stephane Chazelas wrote:

> I think you're refering to:
> 
> https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/GNU-Manuals.html#GNU-Manuals
> 
> GNU> Please do not use the term “pathname” that is used in Unix
> GNU> documentation; use “file name” (two words) instead. We use the
> GNU> term “path” only for search paths, which are lists of directory
> GNU> names. 
> 
> So I guess that should be "file name expansion"

Yeah, that's a bridge too far. I could live with "filename generation."

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