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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2006-03-27 14:08:00 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2006-03-27 14:08:00 +0000
commitce88154fd8a00cbbe765e4721958e5b3d2dec5b2 (patch)
treef0ac4ad6c2c53b0ce3cd9affdbd0212f1d0639f2 /doc/coreutils.texi
parent120d34efe1118c234a15dd36e6aec29e846475fc (diff)
downloadcoreutils-ce88154fd8a00cbbe765e4721958e5b3d2dec5b2.tar.xz
(dirname invocation): Macro in previous patch was too broad.
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index b192984b6..85a652542 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -10599,14 +10599,14 @@ Together, @command{basename} and @command{dirname} are designed such
that if @samp{ls "$name"} succeeds, then the command sequence @samp{cd
"$(dirname "$name")"; ls "$(basename "$name")"} will, too. This works
for everything except file names containing a trailing newline.
+@end macro
+@basenameAndDirname
@acronym{POSIX} allows the implementation to define the results if
@var{name} is empty or @samp{//}. In the former case, @acronym{GNU}
@command{basename} returns the empty string. In the latter case, the
result is @samp{//} on platforms where @var{//} is distinct from
@var{/}, and @samp{/} on platforms where there is no difference.
-@end macro
-@basenameAndDirname
The only options are @option{--help} and @option{--version}. @xref{Common
options}. Options must precede operands.
@@ -10644,6 +10644,11 @@ If @var{name} is a single component, @command{dirname} prints @samp{.}
@basenameAndDirname
+@acronym{POSIX} allows the implementation to define the results if
+@var{name} is @samp{//}. With @acronym{GNU} @command{dirname}, the
+result is @samp{//} on platforms where @var{//} is distinct from
+@var{/}, and @samp{/} on platforms where there is no difference.
+
The only options are @option{--help} and @option{--version}. @xref{Common
options}.