12-19-2012
If DIR/* and DIR/.* resolve to DIR/. DIR/.. and DIR/* literally, the first two are ignored and the last is neither dir nor file. No directory is truly empty, . and .. are real entries with real inode numbers. The nullglob part is nice, but is a subshell more costly than a failed directory lookup? As the man page says, nullglob is so unexpected and potentially destabilizing that you always need to restrict it to a subshell.
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SCRIPT(1) BSD General Commands Manual SCRIPT(1)
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script -- make typescript of terminal session
SYNOPSIS
script [-a] [-f] [-q] [-t] [file]
DESCRIPTION
Script makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal. It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an interactive
session as proof of an assignment, as the typescript file can be printed out later with lpr(1).
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ENVIRONMENT
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SEE ALSO
csh(1) (for the history mechanism), replay(1).
HISTORY
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BUGS
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