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man/man7/pathname.7: VERSIONS: Linux doesn't disallow new-line characters
authorAlejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Sat, 17 May 2025 05:56:17 +0000 (07:56 +0200)
committerAlejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Sun, 27 Jul 2025 11:12:04 +0000 (13:12 +0200)
POSIX.1-2024 encourages implementations to disallow new-line characters,
but Linux doesn't follow that.

Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
man/man7/pathname.7

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@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ characters in the POSIX
 .UR https://pubs.opengroup.org/\:onlinepubs/\:9799919799/\:basedefs/\:V1_chap03.html#tag_03_265
 Portable Filename Character Set
 .UE .
+.SH VERSIONS
+POSIX.1-2024 encourages implementations to
+disallow creation of filenames containing new-line characters.
+Linux doesn't follow this,
+and allows using new-line characters.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR limits.h (0p),
 .BR open (2),