From:	scottk AT rimu DOT ig DOT utexas DOT edu (Scott Kempf)
Subject:	patch for diropen() fixes access to root directory
2 Jan 1997 11:06:43 -0800 :
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Approved:	cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
Distribution:	cygnus
Message-ID:	<199701021633.KAA12009.cygnus.gnu-win32@rimu.ig.utexas.edu>
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Original-Sender:	owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

A number of programs have trouble with accessing "/".
The problem seems to be due to opendir() changing "/"
into "c:\/*".  This patch fixes this and allows "ls /"
to work correctly.  This doesn't fix "ls //".

			Scott

*** cdksrc/src/winsup/dirsearch.cc.orig	Tue Dec 31 14:42:55 1996
--- cdksrc/src/winsup/dirsearch.cc	Tue Dec 31 14:43:17 1996
***************
*** 22,27 ****
--- 22,29 ----
  #define _COMPILING_NEWLIB
  #include "dirent.h"
  
+ #define SLASH_P(C) ((C) == '/' || (C) == '\\')
+ 
  extern "C"
  DIR *
  opendir (const char *dirname)
***************
*** 70,76 ****
    strcpy (dir->__d_dirname, real_dirname.get_win32 ());
    /* FindFirstFile doesn't seem to like duplicate /'s.  */
    len = strlen (dir->__d_dirname);
!   if (len == 0 || dir->__d_dirname[len - 1] == '/')
      strcat (dir->__d_dirname, "*");
    else
      strcat (dir->__d_dirname, "/*");	/**/
--- 72,78 ----
    strcpy (dir->__d_dirname, real_dirname.get_win32 ());
    /* FindFirstFile doesn't seem to like duplicate /'s.  */
    len = strlen (dir->__d_dirname);
!   if (len == 0 || SLASH_P(dir->__d_dirname[len - 1]))
      strcat (dir->__d_dirname, "*");
    else
      strcat (dir->__d_dirname, "/*");	/**/


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Scott Kempf (scottk AT ig DOT utexas DOT edu)
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under Windows 95.
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