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path_resolution(7): "a pathname with a trailing '/' is equivalent to the pathname obtained by appending '.' to it" - this is wrong

Bug 212385 [email protected] 1 participant 2 messages Aug 8, 2021 1 message not in the archive Man-pages: manual pages for Linux -- Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7

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Michael Kerrisk ([email protected]) changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Michael Kerrisk ([email protected]) --- Hello Askar. Thanks for the report. Yes, the text is a bit off.

The text in POSIX.1-2018 Section 4.13 ("Pathname Resolution") is helpful in pointing to a better wording.

How about the following as a replacement text:

If a pathname ends in a '/', that forces resolution of the preceding component as in Step 2: the component preceding the slash either exists and resolves to a directory of it names a directory that is to be created immediately after the pathname is resolved. Otherwise, a trailing '/' is ignored.

I'm closing this bug report for now. Please reopen if you think something still needs fixing.

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