RFR: 8344540: Remove superseded wildcard description from java manpage [v4]

Christian Stein cstein at openjdk.org
Wed Dec 4 10:04:17 UTC 2024


On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 01:51:06 GMT, David Holmes <dholmes at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Christian Stein has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>> 
>>   Update java.md
>>   
>>   [skip ci]
>
> src/java.base/share/man/java.md line 3077:
> 
>> 3075: 
>> 3076: -   The launcher doesn't expand wildcards that are present within an argument
>> 3077:     file. That means an asterisk `*` is passed on as-is to the starting VM.
> 
> Suggestion:
> 
>     file. That means an asterisk (`*`) is passed on as-is to the starting VM.

Addressed this and the other one in https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/22236/commits/de0ac7c9676e405158c375f469ce1157bdc6f033

> src/java.base/share/man/java.md line 3079:
> 
>> 3077:     file. That means an asterisk `*` is passed on as-is to the starting VM.
>> 3078:     For example `*.java` stays `*.java` and is not expanded to `Foo.java`,
>> 3079:     `Bar.java ...`, as would happen with some command line shells.
> 
> The list was intended to be contiguous - no commas: 'Foo.java Bar.java ...' as that is how it would be expanded by the shell.

Addressed this and the other one in https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/22236/commits/de0ac7c9676e405158c375f469ce1157bdc6f033

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22236#discussion_r1869108834
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22236#discussion_r1869108977


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