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+@node glob
+@section @code{glob}
+@findex glob
+
+POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/glob.html}
+
+Gnulib module: glob
+
+Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
+@itemize
+@item
+This function is missing on some platforms:
+IRIX 5.3, mingw, MSVC 9, BeOS.
+@item
+This function may list symbolic links to nonexistent files among the results,
+on some platforms.
+@item
+On platforms where @code{off_t} is a 32-bit type, this function may not
+work correctly on huge directories larger than 2 GB.
+(Cf. @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE}.)
+@end itemize
+
+Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
+@itemize
+@item
+Some platforms may store additional flags in the @code{gl_flags} field.
+@end itemize