On 18/11/2013 16:15, Eric Blake wrote:
On 11/18/2013 04:55 PM, Linda A. Walsh wrote:
In coreutils 8.21-7.1.3.
It has been standard to use "." in a directory to mean it's contents
on a recursive or copy (compare cp -al src/. dst/.).
However, "find dir/. -type d -empty -delete" works, but
exits with a failure code causing scripts to break.
This behavior is required by POSIX. Sorry.
Why do you say that when the standard page doesn't mention it?
(http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/find.html)
In fact, it gives examples using "." as the starting position, so it
doesn't make
any logical sense that dir/. would be blocked.
It sure looks like POSIX does NOT require it. "-delete" is a gnu
extension,
so it wouldn't be covered either.
There is no mention of prohibiting patterns with a "." with the "remove"
function.
The only place they broke that was in "rm"...
So I ask where you get the idea that it is required by POSIX.
