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09-07-2009

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Using links with wildcards in bash.

I wrote a script using softlinks with wildcards and found out that it causes ambiguity.
I found an inelegant workaround but still don't understand how the ambiguity is caused.

Code:
.......
mkdir -p FtE/lib
pushd FtE >/dev/null
mkdir bin blks doc etc rdl sim sw syn tb
ln -s $DATASOURCE/SCs/synopsys/*.lib lib/.
popd >/dev/null

echo -e "Please insert the project name:"
read PROJECT
.......
.......
mkdir -p soc/Lib
pushd soc >/dev/null

#ln -s ../../FtE/lib/* Lib/.
#ln -s ../../FtE/lib/*.lib Lib/.
for LINKS in `ls ../FtE/lib`
do
ln -s ../../FtE/lib/$LINKS Lib/.
done
popd >/dev/null
.......
The green codes shows what worked. The brown code shows those that failed.
In the first green line, I used a wildcard (*) with 'ln -s' and it is accepted.
The next time I tried this, it fails so I have to use a 'for' loop.
Can anyone clarify what the ambiguity is here?

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