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Re: CVS commit: src/usr.bin/find



On Fri, Oct 21, 2005 at 07:42:56AM +0100, David Laight wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 11:15:07PM -0500, James Chacon wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 09:34:45PM -0400, Jed Davis wrote:
> > > Elad Efrat <elad%NetBSD.org@localhost> writes:
> > > 
> > > > Zafer Aydogan wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> And there is surely a POSIX Rule
> > > >> that says so aswell. 
> > > >
> > > > Can you quote the POSIX "rule" that says so?
> > > 
> > > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/find.html
> > > doesn't seem to say anything about slashes or canonicalization.
> > 
> > Probably wouldn't be in that section anyways. It's (find) referring to 
> > dealing
> > with pathnames and printing of said pathnames. The more general sections
> > on pathnames in general will have anything about trailing slashes and uses.
> 
> IIRC there is mention of double slashes having an implementation dependant
> behaviour, but probably only initial ones.

Indeed.  See:

http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7990989799/xbd/glossary.html#tag_004_000_196

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Quentin Garnier - cube%cubidou.net@localhost - cube%NetBSD.org@localhost
"When I find the controls, I'll go where I like, I'll know where I want
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