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bug#8575: basename [was: bug#8575: Shell Script in Red Hat Enterprise Li
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Eric Blake |
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bug#8575: basename [was: bug#8575: Shell Script in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Tikanga)] |
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Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:58:45 -0600 |
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retitle 8575 basename usage question
tag 8575 notabug
thanks
On 04/28/2011 02:42 AM, Syed Nizamuddin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I get the following error .
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> basename: invalid option -- b
> Try `basename --help' for more information.
> basename: missing operand
Thanks for the report. However, this is not a bug in basename, but in
your usage.
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> I have basename used as
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> CMDE=`\basename $0 .sh`
That's your problem. $0 expanded to "-bash", so basename is trying to
parse -b as an option. Instead, use:
basename -- "$0" .sh
to avoid issues with $0 having a leading '-'. If you want to do more
reading about this topic, see a similar report about dirname:
http://debbugs.gnu.org/8420
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Eric Blake address@hidden +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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