GNU bug report logs - #22144
--exclude no longer works against arguments with a directory name

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>

Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:38:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 22144 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 22144 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22144: --exclude no longer works against arguments with a
 directory name
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 02:00:18 +0100

On 2015-12-15 15:27:27 -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> >For the "main case", is this
> >the canonical name as returned by realpath?
> 
> I don't see why.  grep doesn't need to compute anything's realpath.

How is the file name defined, then?

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