[Flac] FLAC: specifying all files with extension .WAV

[Alex Jones]

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On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 16:21 -0700, Josh Coalson wrote:
> the windows shell is broken w.r.t wildcards and probably always
> will be:
> http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=50667&st=75&p=466078&#entry466078
> 
> --- Harry Sack <tranzedude at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I want to use the "flac" encoder (in commandline mode) and I specify
> > this
> > command to encode all .WAV files in the current directory:
> > 
> > N:\WAV>flac -V --best -- *.wav
> > 
> > flac 1.1.4, Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007 
> > Josh
> > Coalson
> > flac comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This is free software, and
> > you are
> > welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.  Type `flac' for
> > details.
> > 
> > ERROR: can't open input file *.wav: Invalid argument
> > 
> > What is wrong in my syntax or how can I specify to encode all *.wav
> > files in
> > the current directory (I'm using windows)?
> > I remember that typing 'flac --best *wav' DID work in linux, why
> > doesn't it
> > work in windows?
> > 
> > thanks
> 
> 
> 
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