> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 06:20:32AM +0000, Stephane CHAZELAS wrote: >2011-09-29, 13:52(-08), Roger: >[...] >> Since you're saying the regex description is found within either regex(3) or >> regex(7), couldn't there be a brief note within the Bash Manual Page be >> something >> to the effect: >[...] > >No, it's not. > >I suppose bash could say: See your system regex(3) >implementation documentation for the description of extended >regular expression syntax on your system. That syntax should be >compatible with one version or the other of the POSIX Extended >Regular Expression syntax whose specification for the latest >version as of writing can be found at: >http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap09.html#tag_09_04 > >regex(3) points to the API (regex.h), how the system documents >the regexps covered by that API is beyond bash knowledge.
Exactly, a simple "man regex" (aka regex(3)) points to regex.h here. Few will know how to search for the regex(7) manual file. -- Roger http://rogerx.freeshell.org/
