[debbugs-tracker] bug#9450: closed (Bug report on 'dirname' : when jokers match several files)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Bug report on 'dirname' : when jokers match several files Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 15:53:10 +0200

Hi

 

Here this a strange behaviour using 'dirname' with joker filename:

 

>ll  /tmp/*.out
ls: /tmp/*.out: No such file or directory
>dirname /tmp/*.out
/tmp

 

That's OK. But if several files match the argument given :

 

>ll  /home/qualiac/mdl/scriptsJDM/QuaToCov/emission/*.HL
-rw-r--r--  1 qualiac qualiac 20715696 Sep  6 02:15 /home/qualiac/mdl/scriptsJDM/QuaToCov/emission/M399111H.HL
-rw-r--r--  1 qualiac qualiac  1181326 Sep  6 02:16 /home/qualiac/mdl/scriptsJDM/QuaToCov/emission/T399111H.HL
-rw-r--r--  1 qualiac qualiac   225012 Sep  6 02:15 /home/qualiac/mdl/scriptsJDM/QuaToCov/emission/T399211H.HL
>dirname  /home/qualiac/mdl/scriptsJDM/QuaToCov/emission/*.HL
dirname: too many arguments
Try `dirname --help' for more information.

 

That's bad. If I try:

 

>dirname '/home/qualiac/mdl/scriptsJDM/QuaToCov/emission/*.HL'
/home/qualiac/mdl/scriptsJDM/QuaToCov/emission

That's OK.

 

Could 'dirname' process only its first parameter ?

 

Thanks.

 

 

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UNIX VERSION:

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>uname -a
Linux jdm-qualiac-srv-trv.midilibre.com 2.6.9-100.ELsmp #1 SMP Tue Feb 1 12:04:42 EST 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>uname -r
2.6.9-100.ELsmp
>cat /etc/issue
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 9)
Kernel \r on an \m

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> On 09/07/11 00:21, Laurent TARRISSE wrote:
> > The 'bug' appeared on Linux, because dirname doesn't output the path when
> > several arguments are passed to it. :)
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> The same 'bug' will also appear on Solaris 10; its
> dirname does the same thing as GNU/Linux's dirname.
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> I'm afraid you're fighting an uphill battle here.
> I'd fix the script rather than expecting
> other implementations to match HP-UX's quirks.
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> I'm marking this as "done" since I don't expect
> the GNU/Linux version to change.
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