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From: frank@riscy.dec.com (Frank Wortner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Ultrix 3.0 changed basename(1)
Message-ID: <1458@riscy.dec.com>
Date: 28 Aug 89 16:03:02 GMT
References: <1989Aug25.144051.11467@acd4.UUCP> <3074@solo4.cs.vu.nl>
Reply-To: frank@riscy.UUCP (Frank Wortner)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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In article <3074@solo4.cs.vu.nl> maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath) writes:
=mjb@acd4.UUCP ( Mike Bryan          ) writes:
=\It seems basename() now does some limited regular expression handling.
=\Therefore, the command "basename /vmunix .x" will produce "vmun",
=\rather than the expected "vmunix".  [...]
=
=To whoever made this change: the abovementioned behavior is COMPLETELY
=DISTURBED!  It's like: in Ultrix 3.0 the kernel will reside in /bin/cat!
=Use /etc/fsck to catenate files. :-(

If you are as upset as your message seems to indicate, let me ask:
Has anyone submitted an SPR regarding this problem?  That is the way
bugs get reported.

Regards,
					Frank