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RasikaSrinivasan@gmail.com wrote:
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> but it appears the wildcard is always "expanded to the list of file
> names". for example, i create test_cli.adb with the following :

This appears to be a "feature" of GNAT, apparently to make programs behave the 
same on Windows as on Linux, where wildcards are expanded by the shell.

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