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From:	"Elfyn McBratney" <elfyn-cygwin AT exposure DOT org DOT uk>
To:	"cygwin" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>, "Norton Allen" <allen AT huarp DOT harvard DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: [ -d ' ' ] && echo yes
Date:	Mon, 3 Feb 2003 22:24:33 -0000
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> Are you saying it's a feature? If so, a feature of cygwin or
> of Windows? Under the Windows Command Prompt, cd " " does not
> complain, and leaves you in the current directory as you
> describe, but dir " " gives an error. This is certainly
> not how it works under other OSes.


I'm pretty sure it's a feature of SUSv3... Or one of the other POSIXy
standards.

However I've been working for hours so my brain is fried and may be spewing
out random recollections '-)


Regards,

Elfyn McBratney
elfyn AT exposure DOT org DOT uk
www.exposure.org.uk



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