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Re: inconsistent output for cd
From: |
Hugh Sasse |
Subject: |
Re: inconsistent output for cd |
Date: |
Tue, 3 Apr 2007 14:37:18 +0100 (WEST) |
On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Chet Ramey wrote:
> > [...] and there appear to
> > be no options at all to turn this superfluous output off.
>
> This is, as Eric Blake noted, required POSIX behavior. As to the manual:
It is an interesting position for POSIX to take, given that in general
Unix is silent on success.
http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/ch01s06.html#id2878450
Does POSIX forbid an option "to turn this superfluous output off", as
Tony Balinski put it?
Hugh