#!/bin/bash
loc=`echo ~/.gvfs/*/DCIM/100_FUJI`
rm -f /mnt/fujifilmA100
ln -s "$loc" /mnt/fujifilmA100

For some reason the variable * doesn't get substituted with the only possible value and gets given the value /home/chris/.gvfs/*/DCIM/100_FUJI. Does anyone have an idea of why?

Please note:

• If global expansion fails, the pattern is not substituted. I ran the commands:

  chris@comp2008:~$ loc=`echo ~/.gvfs/*/DCIM/100_FUJI `

  chris@comp2008:~$ echo $loc

  /home/chris/.gvfs/gphoto2 mount on usb%3A001,008/DCIM/100_FUJI

  So we can see the expansion should work

• I have now switched to using:

  loc = `find ~/.gvfs -name 100_FUJI `

  I am just curious why it doesn't work as is.

• Debugging output using sh -x

echo /home/chris/.gvfs/*/DCIM/100_FUJI

loc=/home/chris/.gvfs/*/DCIM/100_FUJI

rm -f /mnt/fujifilmA100

ln -s /home/chris/.gvfs/*/DCIM/100_FUJI/mnt/fujifilmA100