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Date:	Thu, 23 May 2002 01:38:04 -0400
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: path_conv::check() gets confused by recently opened files
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On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 02:56:27PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>I found that path_conv::check() pinches off the tail when searching
>for existing path components.  This strips the filename here from
>path_copy since it doesn't exist yet.  The effect is that 
>path_conv->normalized_path can't be correct when path_conv points
>to a yet non-existant file.  I don't see an easy way to get the
>correct normalized path without introducing an additioanl temporary
>copy of the path.

I've duplicated the problem.  I'll fix it tomorrow.

I had to get my gcc working again.  I'm getting random core dumps
from cygwin now but I think it's gcc related.

cgf

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