# tests of the backslash-in-glob-patterns discussion on the austin-group ML

: ${TMPDIR:=/var/tmp}

ORIG=$PWD
GLOBDIR=$TMPDIR/bash-glob-$$
mkdir $GLOBDIR && cd $GLOBDIR

# does the pattern matcher allow backslashes as escape characters and remove
# them as part of matching?
touch abcdefg
pat='ab\cd*'
printf '<%s>\n' $pat
pat='\.'
printf '<%s>\n' $pat
rm abcdefg

# how about when escaping pattern characters?
touch '*abc.c'
a='\**.c'
printf '%s\n' $a
rm -f '*abc.c'

# how about when making the distinction between readable and searchable path
# components?
mkdir -m a=x searchable
mkdir -m a=r readable

p='searchable/\.'
printf "%s\n" $p

p='searchable/\./.'
printf "%s\n" $p

p='readable/\.'
printf "%s\n" $p

p='readable/\./.'
printf "%s\n" $p

printf "%s\n" 'searchable/\.'
printf "%s\n" 'readable/\.'

echo */.

p='*/\.'
echo $p

echo */'.'

rmdir searchable readable

cd $ORIG
rmdir $GLOBDIR