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Status Not under consideration
Workspace AIX
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 19, 2019

RELATED IDEAS

Update pathname resolution behavior for trailing slashes to match POSIX specifications

POSIX says, for pathname resolution, that:
"A pathname that contains at least one non- <slash> character and that ends with one or more trailing <slash> characters shall not be resolved successfully unless the last pathname component before the trailing <slash> characters names an existing directory or a directory entry that is to be created for a directory immediately after the pathname is resolved. "

AIX (7.1 and 7.2 tested) allow trailing slashes on filenames:

/bin/ksh/ -c 'echo hi'
hi

and

ls -l /bin/ksh /bin/ksh/
-r-xr-xr-x 5 bin bin 313906 Nov 28 2017 /bin/ksh
-r-xr-xr-x 5 bin bin 313906 Nov 28 2017 /bin/ksh/

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/xrat/V4_xbd_chap04.html#tag_21_04_13
further specifies, in A.4.13 Pathname Resolution, in part:

"Pathnames that end with one or more trailing <slash> characters must refer to directory paths. Earlier versions of this standard were not specific about the distinction between trailing <slash> characters on files and directories, and both were permitted."

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
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    |     Nov 28, 2022
    IBM has evaluated the priority of this enhancement proposal relative to other future product content and determined that this Idea will not be pursued for a future product release

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