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[Bug libc/10278] New: glob() gives inconsistent results with trailing "/"
- From: "psmith at gnu dot org" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 13 Jun 2009 21:56:27 -0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/10278] New: glob() gives inconsistent results with trailing "/"
- Reply-to: sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org
The POSIX spec doesn't specify exactly what should happen with a pattern ending
in "/"; all it says about slashes in patterns is:
The slash character in a pathname shall be explicitly matched by using one or
more slashes in the pattern; it shall neither be matched by the asterisk or
question-mark special characters nor by a bracket expression.
All shells I'm aware of interpret this to mean that if your glob expression ends
with a "/", it should match only directories. GNU glob() handles this correctly
for simple globbing expressions like "*/", but for other expressions like
"dir/*/", "/*/", etc. it returns all directories with a trailing slash, AND all
files without a trailing slash.
I believe this inconsistent behavior is a bug.
See also GNU make bug #18123 http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?18123
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Summary: glob() gives inconsistent results with trailing "/"
Product: glibc
Version: 2.8
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: libc
AssignedTo: drepper at redhat dot com
ReportedBy: psmith at gnu dot org
CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
GCC build triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu
GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu
GCC target triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10278
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