Subject: bin/6940: expand(1) doesn't work with certain filenames
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <swoodfor@bluews.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/04/1999 14:44:06
>Number: 6940
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: expand(1) can't handle filenames with digits in posn 1
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Feb 4 06:50:01 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Steve Woodford
>Organization:
>Release: 1.3.3 and -current
>Environment:
System: NetBSD haggis 1.3.3 NetBSD 1.3.3 (HAGGIS) #0: Wed Dec 23 09:39:02 GMT 1998 swoodfor@steve_woodford:/usr/devel/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/HAGGIS i386
>Description:
The expand(1) command cannot handle filenames which have a digit
in position one. According to the source, this is "obsolete syntax".
Since it is obsolete, it ought to be removed.
>How-To-Repeat:
$ touch f123.txt
$ expand f123.txt
Bad tab stop spec
>Fix:
Delete the statement in the source which checks for obsolete syntax.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: