Eric Blake <eblake-h+wxahxf7alqt0dzr+a...@public.gmane.org> writes:
> On 01/13/2011 04:35 PM, Jeff Blaine wrote: >> Eric wrote: >>> basename -a -s suffix str1 str2: same (-a is only required for exactly >>> two arguements, and is implied for 0 or for more than 2 args) >> >> basename -a -s .txt foo.txt bar.txt baz.txt >> >> So you're saying -a is redundant there? Sorry, I'm not >> familiar with BSD's basename at all. Just looking to >> implement what you want. > > Yes, the -a is redundant the moment you have -s. (It helps that I have > a login to a FreeBSD machine, and have been testing these cases as I > type these mails). It is only required when you have exactly 2 > arguments but don't want the second to be treated as a suffix. The manpages are online under <http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi>. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, sch...@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."
