paths like //usr/local

[egor duda]

Hi!

Wednesday, 16 October, 2002 Sven Köhler skoehler@upb.de wrote:

SK> the sollution that paths like //comp/share are interpreted like an
SK> UNC-path is just not compatible with an application might expect from a 
SK> unix-environment.

Then those applications are making false assumptions. Expecting two
leading slashes to be interpreted like single one is non-portable and
therefore is wrong. Chris has already cited appropriate words from
standard.

Just fix the application. Ain't that simple?

Egor.            mailto:deo@logos-m.ru ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19


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