find: -printf %h drops a doubled slash

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2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
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68/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start at the implementation of find's -printf %h format, then inspect related tests for path components and repeated slashes; the payload names no files or test paths. Reproduce with the supplied d// examples and compare %h|%f|%p with GNU find 4.10. Done when %h preserves the doubled slash so %h/%f matches %p in these cases.

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Description

With a starting point like d//, %h loses one of the slashes, so %h/%f no longer matches %p.

$ mkdir -p d/sub
$ find d// -mindepth 1 -printf '%h|%f|%p\n'
d/|sub|d//sub

GNU find 4.10 prints d/ for %h there, and find d//sub -printf '%h\n' also gives d/. uutils find prints d in both cases.

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