Re: uuencode manpage

Paul Eggert <[email protected]> Sat, 11 Sep 2021 11:13:23 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.utils.bugs
Organization UCLA Computer Science Department
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 9/11/21 9:55 AM, Bruce Korb wrote:
> I should probably mention that this is an unauthorized extension to 
> POSIX since "-" is a valid file name character

Actually, this behavior is required by POSIX and should not be disabled 
if POSIXLY_CORRECT is set. See Guideline 13 in:

https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap12.html#tag_12_02