a string containing a path specification. *pathname* can be either absolute
(like :file:`/usr/src/Python-1.5/Makefile`) or relative (like
:file:`../../Tools/\*/\*.gif`), and can contain shell-style wildcards. Broken
- symlinks are included in the results (as in the shell).
+ symlinks are included in the results (as in the shell). Whether or not the
+ results are sorted depends on the file system.
.. index::
single: **; in glob-style wildcards