Filename wildcards in include configuration directive

[Mark Andrews]

> In article <deh0tq$2dc6$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
>  Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews at isc.org> wrote:
> 
> > > Mark Andrews wrote:
> > > 
> > > >>Hi All
> > > >>Is there any reason that the "include" configuration directive does not
>  
> > > >>support wildcards in filenames like apache, eg:
> > > >>include /etc/definitions/*.zdef
> > > >>    
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >	Because no one has written the code to do it.  Feel free to
> > > >	write it if you want.  It shouldn't be too hard.
> > > >	
> > > >	1. Document the desired behaviour.
> > > >  
> > > >
> > > Or, just refer to the existing documentation. POSIX 1003.2, 3.13.
> > > 
> > >                                                                          
> > >                   - Kevin
> > 
> > 	I don't think posix has documented what named should do when
> > 	confronted with 'include "/etc/definitions/*.zdef";' in
> > 	named.conf.  As I said document the desired behaviour.
> 
> I think the intent was clear.  POSIX specifies how wildcards are matched 
> against filenames.  What else could he conceivably desire but that the 
> statement would include all the files that match the wildcard, using the 
> matching algorithm of POSIX?

	Globing is shell sensitive.

$ ls {config,xx}.[ch]
ls: {config,xx}.[ch]: No such file or directory

% ls {config,xx}.[ch]
config.h        xx.c

	Do they want full globing or just "*"?

	Do you need to be able to escape the special characters?

	And all this need to be documented in named's documentation.

	Without a spec/documentation you don't know when you are done.
 
> Actually, I would expect that the matching algorithm should match the OS 
> on which BIND is running.  So if it's on a Unix system it should use 
> POSIX matching, but on Windows it should use Windows/DOS filename 
> matching.

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> Barry Margolin, barmar at alum.mit.edu
> Arlington, MA
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