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bug#6124: basename/dirname are not POSIX compliant on arg starting with
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Eric Blake |
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bug#6124: basename/dirname are not POSIX compliant on arg starting with a dash |
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Thu, 06 May 2010 07:49:31 -0600 |
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On 05/06/2010 07:41 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
>> According to POSIX[*], basename and dirname take no options (examples
>> in POSIX also assume that), so that this would make BusyBox's behavior
>> correct.
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> No, you're missing one other key point of POSIX:
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> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap01.html
> Section 1.4, OPTIONS:
If you want more evidence from POSIX that 'basename -- foo' is mandated
behavior, read up on this correction to POSIX:
http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=192
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Eric Blake address@hidden +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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bug#6123: basename/dirname are not POSIX compliant on arg starting with a dash, Vincent Lefevre, 2010/05/06
bug#6124: basename/dirname are not POSIX compliant on arg starting with a dash, Eric Blake, 2010/05/06