Re: doc improvement for dotglob

[L. A. Walsh]

Ian Kelling wrote:
> The docs currently say:
>
> "When a pattern is used for filename expansion, the character '.' at
> the start of a filename or immediately following a slash must be matched
> explicitly, unless the shell option 'dotglob' is set. 
>
> The last bit should be changed to say
>
> unless the shell option 'dotglob' is set and the file is not named '.'
> or '..'. 
>   
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   But that's not what is supposed to happen.  It doesn't say it 
matches the
filename with "." [or ".."], but the *start* of a filename or after a "/". 
I.e., interactive shell usage should not include 
".profile/.foo/.anything" in
such expansions.