[debbugs-tracker] bug#10342: closed (Bug Report for command "dirname")

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> Bug Report for command "dirname"
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> Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:27:55 -0500
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> Hello ,
> Here is my case .
> pwd : /test
> ls -l  : Nothing within the directory !!
> But when i tried using ----->   dirname xyz
> it gave output as <.>   { output states , present directory ,but there
> is not such filename/directory present within my test1 directory }
> If it had stated no such directory ,it would have served my purpose .
> Ignore : If i'm wrong or this bug is already cured .
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> When i tried using the option dirname
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> Ranjith Reddy Komanla
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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Re: bug#10342: Bug Report for command "dirname" Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:06:27 -0700 User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111115 Thunderbird/8.0

tag 10342 notabug
thanks

On 12/21/2011 09:27 AM, RANJITH REDDY KOMANLA wrote:
> ls -l  : Nothing within the directory !!
> But when i tried using ----->   dirname xyz
> it gave output as <.>   { output states , present directory

This is the correct behavior.  It is required by POSIX - dirname is a
completely textual operation that pays no attention to what exists or
does not exist in your file system, and the dirname of a string that
resembles a relative file name is the string '.' (the current directory
is the correct dirname of a relative file name, if that relative name
was indeed a file; but the algorithm works even if there is no file by
that name).

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/dirname.html

I'm closing this bug report, as there is no bug here.  However, feel
free to make further comments if you need more clarification, or help in
determining if 'dirname' really is the best fit for the shell scripting
task you were really attempting to solve.

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