RFR: 8293040: Argfile documentation for java launcher tool is confusing regarding usage of wildcards

[David Holmes]

On Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:22:59 GMT, Christian Stein <cstein at openjdk.org> wrote:

> Please review this improvement to the manual page covering the usage of wildcards in `java`'s argfiles.

src/java.base/share/man/java.md line 3079:

> 3077:     For example `*.java` stays `*.java` and is not expanded to `Foo.java`,
> 3078:     `Bar.java`, etc. like on some command line shell.
> 3079: 

This expansion now seems to be in conflict with the later statement:

Wildcards (*) aren't allowed in these lists (such as specifying *.java).

?? To be honest I'm not sure what that later statement is actually trying to say.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22208#discussion_r1847697791