GNU bug report logs - #6123
basename/dirname are not POSIX compliant on arg starting with a dash

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Package: coreutils;

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

Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 11:36:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Merged with 6124

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org, 580492 <at> bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: basename/dirname are not POSIX compliant on arg starting with a
	dash
Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 13:31:45 +0200

A practical example of a failure could be when one uses

  dirname "$0"

in a rc file and the shell happens to be a login shell.

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