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Re: uuencode manpage


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: uuencode manpage
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 11:13:23 -0700
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On 9/11/21 9:55 AM, Bruce Korb wrote:
I should probably mention that this is an unauthorized extension to POSIX since "-" is a valid file name character

Actually, this behavior is required by POSIX and should not be disabled if POSIXLY_CORRECT is set. See Guideline 13 in:

https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap12.html#tag_12_02



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