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Re: [Patch]: mkdir -p and network drives
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-patches at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 19:41:51 -0400
- Subject: Re: [Patch]: mkdir -p and network drives
- References: <427BEFD2.7080809@byu.net>
- Reply-to: cygwin-patches at cygwin dot com
On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 04:29:38PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
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>>I thought that Eric Blake implied that // *had* to be translated to /,
>>as per POSIX. I wonder how many programs out there translate a
>>standalone '//' to '/'.
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>No, POSIX requires that / be untouched, // be implementation-defined
>(hint - - define it on cygwin to stay untouched), and /// translate to
>/.
Ok. I knew that but I misinterpreted something you said as implying
that '//' was not implementation defined. This was just a misreading
on my part, though.
cgf