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Is wordexp() a requiement for being POSIX compatible? I searched through the FreeBSD repo on Gitbub and the only references to wordexp is basically the code it
by JoachimS 12y ago
Is wordexp() a requiement for being POSIX compatible?
I searched through the FreeBSD repo on Gitbub and the only references to wordexp is basically the code itself. Searching the whole Github does not show many things either.
How common is the function in practice and how important is it?
- tedunangst 12y agorequirement? yes. http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/wordexp.html http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/wo... common in practice? openbsd doesn't support it. afaik few programs use it, and those that do are usually easily patched not to (can use glob instead or disable whatever feature entirely).