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Date Submitted |
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0001451 |
[Issue 8 drafts] Shell and Utilities |
Comment |
Clarification Requested |
2021-02-11 11:07 |
2021-02-11 11:08 |
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Reporter |
geoffclare |
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public |
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Priority |
normal |
Resolution |
Open |
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Status |
New |
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Product Version |
Draft 1.1 |
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Name |
Geoff Clare |
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Organization |
The Open Group |
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User Reference |
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Section |
awk |
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Page Number |
2395 |
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Line Number |
78089 |
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Summary |
0001451: awk ARGV description addition about -v is problematic |
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Description |
Bug 0000974 added notes to the descriptions of ARGC and ARGV saying it is unspecified whether alterations to ARGC and to elements of ARGV can be made using the -v option.
The one for ARGC is fine, but the one for ARGV is problematic. This is because the standard places a requirement on applications to ensure that the -v option-argument has a variable name to the left of the '='. Thus it cannot be used to assign values to array elements.
Note that since bug 974 was tagged tc3-2008, this bug should also be tagged tc3-2008 despite being reported against Issue 8 draft 1.1. |
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Desired Action |
Change:It is unspecified whether this alteration to ARGV can be made using the -v option. to:Note that this alteration cannot be made using either the assignment operand or the -v option, because an operand with a '[' before '=' is treated as a file operand, not an assignment operand, and applications are required to ensure that the -v option-argument has the same form as an assignment operand. (See the OPTIONS and OPERANDS sections.)
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