Thanks guys, you learn something new every day. Cheers, Brian
Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > According to Brian Matheson on 4/18/2007 8:34 PM: > > Old behavior: > > red:~$ basename $0 > > -bash > > Broken. > > > > > New behavior: > > orange:~/lib/sh$ basename $0 > > basename: invalid option -- b > > Try `basename --help' for more information. > > Correct behavior, but undesired results. > > So what you really wanted to do: > > basename -- "$0" > > This correctly handles the case when $0 contains shell metacharacters, as > well as when it starts with -. > > > > > Looks like a misbehavior in option parsing. > > No, just a misunderstanding on your part. POSIX requires the current > behavior. > > - -- > Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! > > Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin) > Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFGJtzR84KuGfSFAYARAi9SAKC1lELw/+J6mLYBQ8hyIRcOAwWn9ACg1apm > cs2wFv7zfGaZDV95JD6nxYc= > =79ow > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
