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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0000414 | 1003.1(2008)/Issue 7 | Shell and Utilities | public | 2011-04-21 16:59 | 2011-05-26 16:27 |
| Reporter | joerg | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | Editorial | Type | Enhancement Request |
| Status | Closed | Resolution | Rejected | ||
| Name | Jörg Schilling | ||||
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| Section | utilities: val | ||||
| Page Number | 3306 | ||||
| Line Number | 110356-110359 | ||||
| Interp Status | --- | ||||
| Final Accepted Text | |||||
| Summary | 0000414: "val" should scan directories like other SCCS commands | ||||
| Description | The description for the file name argument to "val" is: file A pathname of an existing SCCS file. If exactly one file operand appears, and it is '-' , the standard input shall be read: each line shall be independently processed as if it were a command line argument list. (However, the line is not subjected to any of the shell word expansions, such as parameter expansion or quote removal.) | ||||
| Desired Action | Change the text to: file A pathname of an existing SCCS file or a directory. If file is a directory, the get utility shall behave as though each file in the directory were specified as a named file, except that non-SCCS files (last component of the pathname does not begin with s.) and unreadable files shall be silently ignored. If exactly one file operand appears, and it is '-' , the standard input shall be read: each line shall be independently processed as if it were a command line argument list. (However, the line is not subjected to any of the shell word expansions, such as parameter expansion or quote removal.) | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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While this behavior is available in some implementations, it is not common existing practice across all implementations. Since the standard accurately documents what is common, and current wording does not reject the proposed behavior as a valid extension, the consensus was to reject this request. |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-04-21 16:59 | joerg | New Issue | |
| 2011-04-21 16:59 | joerg | Name | => Jörg Schilling |
| 2011-04-21 16:59 | joerg | URL | => http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/val.html |
| 2011-04-21 16:59 | joerg | Section | => utilities: val |
| 2011-05-05 15:40 | msbrown | Project | Online Pubs => 1003.1(2008)/Issue 7 |
| 2011-05-07 11:33 | Don Cragun | Page Number | => 3306 |
| 2011-05-07 11:33 | Don Cragun | Line Number | => 110356-110359 |
| 2011-05-07 11:33 | Don Cragun | Interp Status | => --- |
| 2011-05-26 16:26 | eblake | Note Added: 0000797 | |
| 2011-05-26 16:27 | eblake | Status | New => Closed |
| 2011-05-26 16:27 | eblake | Resolution | Open => Rejected |
