Hi!
Issue 8 XCU, ls, OPTIONS, -F says:
103308 −F Do not follow symbolic links named as operands unless the −H or −L
options are
103309 specified. Write a <slash> ('/') immediately after each pathname
that is a
103310 directory, an <asterisk> ('*') after each that is executable, a
<vertical-line> ('|')
103311 after each that is a FIFO, an <equals-sign> ('=') after each that
is a socket, and a
103312 <commercial-at> ('@') after each that is a symbolic link. For other
file types, other
103313 symbols may be written.This is unclear w.r.t. what's supposed to happen if a file is, say, an executable FIFO. STDOUT wants this to be one character, so if we take this in the sentence order, should executability then take precedent? This is a reasonable read I think. It's also wrong, all implementations apply the executableness test to regular files only. This is also the only thing that really makes sense. Should I forward this to a bug with a proposed resolution of "replace »after each that is executable» with »after each regular file that is executable»"? Best,
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