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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers echo * question Post 302502695 by mdeh on Tuesday 8th of March 2011 03:59:19 PM
Old 03-08-2011
echo * question

Hi all and tks in advance

I am working my way through 'Learning the bash Shell'. I cannot be sure if I really understand why "echo *" (my double quotes) returns all the files in the current directory.

I get the * ( wildcard) expansion of "*", and I think I understand that "echo" returns it's argument/s to the standard output. But, somehow, I do not see **why** the wildcard * would return all the current working directory files.


Thanks again.
 

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SVN_UPDATE(3)								 1							     SVN_UPDATE(3)

svn_update - Update working copy

SYNOPSIS
int svn_update (string $path, [int $revno = SVN_REVISION_HEAD], [bool $recurse = true]) DESCRIPTION
Update working copy at $path to revision $revno. If $recurse is true, directories will be recursively updated. PARAMETERS
o $path - Path to local working copy. Note Relative paths will be resolved as if the current working directory was the one that contains the PHP binary. To use the calling script's working directory, use realpath(3) or dirname(__FILE__). o $revno - Revision number to update to, default is SVN_REVISION_HEAD. o $recurse - Whether or not to recursively update directories. RETURN VALUES
Returns new revision number on success, returns FALSE on failure. NOTES
Warning This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, its name, and surrounding documentation may change without notice in a future release of PHP. This function should be used at your own risk. EXAMPLES
Example #1 Basic example This example demonstrates basic usage of this function: <?php echo svn_update(realpath('working-copy')); ?> The above example will output something similar to: 234 SEE ALSO
svn_checkout(3), svn_commit(3), SVN documentation for svn update. PHP Documentation Group SVN_UPDATE(3)
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