Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> I've reported the following bug in the Debian BTS:
>
>   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=580492
>
> With the basename and dirname utilities from GNU Coreutils, one has:
>
> ypig% POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 basename --
> basename: missing operand
> Try `basename --help' for more information.
> ypig% POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 dirname --
> dirname: missing operand
> Try `dirname --help' for more information.
>
> instead of:
>
> ypig% busybox basename --
> --
> ypig% busybox dirname --
> .
...

Hi Vincent,

Thanks for the suggestion, but I suggest you
take it up on the austin-group mailing list.

This recent change suggests that the coreutils behavior
is what POSIX intends:

    http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=192#c324



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