[ale] weird "find" behavior

[yahoo at jimpop.com (Jim Popovitch)]

On Sun, 2007-12-02 at 00:24 -0500, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> On Dec 1, 2007 6:42 PM, Jim Popovitch <yahoo at jimpop.com> wrote:
> > I'm seeing some find weirdness.  On both Ubuntu Etch and RH4ES, if I do
> > the following I can locate files:
> >
> >         find /usr/include/ -type f -name *.c
> >
> > But if I do this, I find nothing:
> >
> >         find /usr/include/ -type f -name *.h
> >
> > However if I do this, I find files:
> >
> >         find /usr/include/ -type f -name "*.h"
> >
> > WTF?
> >
> > -Jim P.
> 
> If the current directory has no *.c files, then your first command
> works by chance.
> 
> If it has some *.h files, then it fails due to standard shell
> expression expansion.
> 
> The "*.h" syntax will always work.

Right, but why does *.c work BUT not *.h, both without shell expansion
(which is what my WTF was all about).

-Jim P.