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    Problem Report Number 0614
    Submitter's Classification Test Suite problem
    State Resolved
    Resolution Rejected (REJ)
    Problem Resolution ID REJ.X.0218
    Raised 1970-01-01 08:00
    Updated 2003-03-13 08:00
    Published null
    Product Standard Commands and Utilities V2 (UNIX 95)
    Certification Program The Open Brand certification program
    Test Suite VSC version 4.1.5
    Test Identification POSIX.shell/sh 311
    Problem Summary PG4C.00058 Should the expected output have two trailing spaces or one.
    Problem Text
    With IFS set to ":,", the trailing ,: of the .in file
    are not recognized as fields.
    Here are the contents of sh5_311.in:
    : , a : , : b , : , c , : \n
    7A 6B 81 7A 6B 7A 82 6B 7A 6B 83 6B 7A 15

    Here are the contents of sh5_311.eso:
    a b c \n
    40 40 81 40 40 40 82 40 40 40 83 40 15

    According to X/OPEN CAE, 2.6.5
    3a:
    "IFS white space is ignored at the beginning and end
    of the input."
    Since the trailing ,: in sh5_311.in are not IFS white space,
    3b applies:
    3b:
    "Each orrurrence in the input of an IFS character that is not
    IFS white space, along with any adjacent IFS white space, will
    delimit a field, as described previously."

    Therefore, sh5_311.eso should be changed to:
    a b c \n
    40 40 81 40 40 40 82 40 40 40 83 40 40 15

    Test Output
    400|4 311 1 16:03:31|IC Start
    200|4 1 16:03:32|TP Start
    520|4 1 4849683 1 1|Assertion #311 (A): IFS set to a non-null value other than
    520|4 1 4849683 1 2| <LC> space, tab, and newline, each character delimits a w
    520|4 1 4849683 1 3| <LC> ord
    520|4 1 4849683 1 11|Standard output isn't the same as file 'sh5_311.eso'
    520|4 1 4849683 1 12|diff of "out.stdout" and "sh5_311.eso":
    520|4 1 4849683 1 13|*** out.stdout Mon Nov 13 16:03:44 1995
    520|4 1 4849683 1 14|--- sh5_311.eso Mon Nov 13 16:03:43 1995
    520|4 1 4849683 1 15|***************
    520|4 1 4849683 1 16|*** 1 ****
    520|4 1 4849683 1 17|! a b c
    520|4 1 4849683 1 18|--- 1 ----
    520|4 1 4849683 1 19|! a b c
    220|4 1 1 16:04:13|FAIL
    410|4 311 1 16:04:15|IC End

    Review Information

    Review Type TSMA Review
    Start Date null
    Completed null
    Status Complete
    Review Recommendation No Resolution Given
    Review Response
    We recommend this request be refused.

    We believe the test is correct.

    POSIX.2 interpretation #98 addresses this issue and reaffirms the behavior
    of the test. The conclusion is as follows:

    The standard consistantly uses delimiter as field terminator,
    not field seperator and conforming implementations must
    conform to this.

    In the test, the final ,: combination delimits one null field. There
    is no null field after the final : character. As a result, only one trailing
    space is expected in the expected output.

    VSC 4.1.4 tested the behavior requested above. The test was changed in
    4.1.5 as a result of TSD4C.00109.

    Review Type SA Review
    Start Date null
    Completed null
    Status Complete
    Review Resolution Rejected (REJ)
    Review Conclusion
    This request is refused.

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