X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Dave Korn" To: References: <20071222095758.GC29568@calimero.vinschen.de> <20071223052601.GA23767@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4784D349.1080703@byu.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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <4784D349.1080703@byu.net> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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/