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ls -dF double trailing slash bug

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16730: closed (ls -dF double trailing slash bug)
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:53:02 +0000

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Your message dated Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:52:31 -0700
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and subject line Re: bug#16730: ls -dF double trailing slash bug
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #16730,
regarding ls -dF double trailing slash bug
to be marked as done.

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From: Radko Dinev <radko.dinev <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: ls -dF double trailing slash bug
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 16:45:01 +0200

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user <at> host ~$ ls -dF somedir
somedir/

user <at> host ~$ ls -dF somedir/
somedir//

Notice the double trailing slash which shouldn't be there in the second
example.

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Radko Dinev <radko.dinev <at> gmail.com>, 16730-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16730: ls -dF double trailing slash bug
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 09:52:31 -0700

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tag 16730 notabug
thanks

On 02/12/2014 07:45 AM, Radko Dinev wrote:
> user <at> host ~$ ls -dF somedir
> somedir/
> 
> user <at> host ~$ ls -dF somedir/
> somedir//
> 
> Notice the double trailing slash which shouldn't be there in the second
> example.

Not a bug.  Consider:

$ touch '*'
$ chmod +x '*'
$ ls -F '*'
**

ls -F is merely appending the indicator on the end of the name as you
typed it in, even if it results in what looks like a double indicator.

Where it gets interesting is on systems where / and // are distinct, but
for consistency, we still do:

$ \ls -Fd / //
//  ///


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