On Apr 28 11:27, bertrand marquis wrote: > ZXPLESPAC001, Ext a ?crit: > >The question is: > >- is the behavior on Linux/Solaris normal ? I fact there ain't a '//bin' > >only a '/bin', > >but even all the shells treat them as representing the same path (BTW 'cd > >//bin' on > >cygwin/bash doesn't work ...) > > > this is a normal error under cygwin, you should look at the FAQ: // > refers to network places > > >- is it an error in cygwin ? Did all pathes (oops is my english very clear > >?) have to > >treat dupplicated '/' as single '/' ? Is the notion of a pathname > >normalized > >somewhere > >(maybe posix ?) ? > > > you should remove all // under cygwin to avoid those errors > see: > http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC34
This is backed by SUSv3, btw. Two leading slashes are allowed to have a implementation defined meaning (SMB network paths in case of Windows). Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Co-Project Leader mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
