Re: inconsistent output for cd

[Hugh Sasse]

On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Chet Ramey wrote:

> >     [...] and there appear to
> >     be no options at all to turn this superfluous output off.
> 
> This is, as Eric Blake noted, required POSIX behavior.  As to the manual:

It is an interesting position for POSIX to take, given that in general
Unix is silent on success.

http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/ch01s06.html#id2878450

Does POSIX forbid an option "to turn this superfluous output off", as
Tony Balinski put it?

        Hugh