-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Chet Ramey on 12/8/2007 9:18 PM: > You're correct that Posix doesn't say either form should be expanded. > The first is a bash extension (and only bash -- it isn't done when bash > is running in posix mode).
Speaking of tilde expansion and bash, are you aware that a POSIX interpretation was just issued for review that states that the result of tilde expansion should behave as though it were quoted, and not undergo further pathname expansion or field splitting? The interpretation (Austin-202) is still undergoing review, so it requires a login to read: https://www.opengroup.org/austin/interps/protected/uploads/20/15352/AI-202.txt But anyone can read the original report that spawned the interpretation http://www.opengroup.org/austin/aardvark/latest/xcubug2.txt (search for number 169) The reasoning behind this is that ~ already represents a single path name, so it should not be further expanded. However, bash 3.2 does not obey this rule (it avoids field splitting, but mistakenly performs pathname expansion if $HOME contains glob characters). - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHW3Fq84KuGfSFAYARAidCAJ4jxsm6ny2/7etKuvGW30DULfTD2wCfZM6A SPHJtxUrt7wqjkfLYq9iVdc= =DtLM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
