On 09 January 2008 14:00, Eric Blake wrote:
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> According to kou yu on 12/26/2007 10:07 AM:
>>> POSIX *allows* '//something' to have a special meaning. It doesn't
>>> state that it is necessarily the syntax for SMB share paths.
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>> In fact, if you simply say that this is not a bug of cygwin, but a
>> feature, then I would believe you.
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> It is a feature of cygwin that // is used, in accordance with SUSv3 and
> POSIX, as the implementation-defined start for remote paths. It is a
> feature of Linux that // is treated as an implementation-defined synonym
> of /.
It's not just that: it's definitely a bug in applications when they blindly
append paths without caring if they double up slashes or not, just because it
/usually/ works.
cheers,
DaveK
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