X-Recipient:	archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-Spam-Check-By:	sourceware.org
From:	"Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
To:	<cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References:	<ee03a2470712220143t782852a3w60fd8b9d8e51e4bc AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <20071222095758 DOT GC29568 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <ee03a2470712222102pc7b85e9m9c4f308c0568bceb AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <20071223052601 DOT GA23767 AT ednor DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <ee03a2470712260907n429c5dc7q16b239206a29ce78 AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <4784D349 DOT 1080703 AT byu DOT net>
Subject:	RE: 1.5.25-7: problem about bash completion
Date:	Wed, 9 Jan 2008 14:17:17 -0000
Message-ID:	<00e201c852ca$58377500$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
MIME-Version:	1.0
X-Mailer:	Microsoft Office Outlook 11
In-Reply-To:	<4784D349.1080703@byu.net>
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id:	<cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Unsubscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-unsubscribe-archive-cygwin=delorie DOT com AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
X-MIME-Autoconverted:	from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id m09EHhES005266

On 09 January 2008 14:00, Eric Blake wrote:

> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> 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.
>>> 
>> In fact, if you simply say that this is not a bug of cygwin, but a
>> feature, then I would believe you.
> 
> 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
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


--
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/

- Raw text -