Date:	03 Sep 2003 10:23:30 +0200
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From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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	Dawe on Tue, 02 Sep 2003 21:44:58 +0100)
Subject:	Re: /dev/c - c: or c:/ ?
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> Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2003 21:44:58 +0100
> From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
> 
> Yes, a stand-alone pwd does give different results:
> 
> bash-2.04$ pwd
> /dev/v
> bash-2.04$ /djgpp/bin/pwd.exe
> c:/djgpp/bin

I think only Bash generates /dev/x style of file names.  Other
programs should _understand_ it, but they don't produce it.  That's by
design, IIRC.

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