View Issue Details
| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0000471 | 1003.1(2008)/Issue 7 | Shell and Utilities | public | 2011-07-06 15:00 | 2019-06-10 08:55 |
| Reporter | geoffclare | Assigned To | ajosey | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | Editorial | Type | Clarification Requested |
| Status | Closed | Resolution | Accepted | ||
| Name | Geoff Clare | ||||
| Organization | The Open Group | ||||
| User Reference | |||||
| Section | pwd | ||||
| Page Number | 3067 | ||||
| Line Number | 101688 | ||||
| Interp Status | --- | ||||
| Final Accepted Text | |||||
| Summary | 0000471: pwd -L description needs rearranging | ||||
| Description | The pwd -L description states the general case first, then a more specific case beginning with "Otherwise". The two cases should either be switched round, or rewritten to use "except" instead of "Otherwise". Doing the latter would also allow the amount of duplication to be reduced. | ||||
| Desired Action | Change: If the PWD environment variable contains an absolute pathname of the current directory that does not contain the filenames dot or dot-dot, pwd shall write this pathname to standard output. Otherwise, if the PWD environment variable contains a pathname of the current directory that is longer than {PATH_MAX} bytes including the terminating null, and the pathname does not contain any components that are dot or dot-dot, it is unspecified ... to: If the PWD environment variable contains an absolute pathname of the current directory and the pathname does not contain any components that are dot or dot-dot, pwd shall write this pathname to standard output, except that if the PWD environment variable is longer than {PATH_MAX} bytes including the terminating null, it is unspecified ... | ||||
| Tags | tc2-2008 | ||||
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-07-06 15:00 | geoffclare | New Issue | |
| 2011-07-06 15:00 | geoffclare | Status | New => Under Review |
| 2011-07-06 15:00 | geoffclare | Assigned To | => ajosey |
| 2011-07-06 15:00 | geoffclare | Name | => Geoff Clare |
| 2011-07-06 15:00 | geoffclare | Organization | => The Open Group |
| 2011-07-06 15:00 | geoffclare | Section | => pwd |
| 2011-07-06 15:00 | geoffclare | Page Number | => 3067 |
| 2011-07-06 15:00 | geoffclare | Line Number | => 101688 |
| 2011-07-06 15:00 | geoffclare | Interp Status | => --- |
| 2011-08-11 15:27 | Don Cragun | Status | Under Review => Resolved |
| 2011-08-11 15:27 | Don Cragun | Resolution | Open => Accepted |
| 2011-08-11 15:27 | Don Cragun | Desired Action Updated | |
| 2011-08-11 15:27 | Don Cragun | Tag Attached: tc2-2008 | |
| 2019-06-10 08:55 | agadmin | Status | Resolved => Closed |
