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Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 17:25:45 -0400
To: Carl Thompson <cet AT carlthompson DOT net>
From: Paul Kinnucan <paulk AT mathworks DOT com>
Subject: Re: Make and javac compliler problem in bash
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At 02:06 PM 6/12/00 -0700, Carl Thompson wrote:
>Paul Kinnucan wrote:
>
>> ...
>
>> >> How could it be otherwise? The Windows version of javac is,
>> >> surprise, a Windows application. Windows applications don't
>> >> recognize Unix paths. Ergo, the Windows version of javac does not
>> >> recognize Unix paths. QED.
>> >
>> >Actually, Win32 _does_ allow path names to use forward slashes as the
>> >directory separator.  The FAQ question you pointed out above even
>> >mentions
>> 
>> But not to BEGIN a path as in Jin's example.
>
>That's certainly not what you wrote above, is it?  Nor is it true.  There is
>nothing inherent in Win32 that says it can't use paths that begin with a "/"
>.  Try pulling up a command prompt and type
>
>   notepad /path/to/a/file

This is simply a shorthand for currentdrive:/path/to/a/file. If you want to
call this a Unix path, fine. I call it a pseudo Unix path of limited
utility. I think it's misleading to generalize from this that some Windows
applications accept Unix paths. In so doing, you're obscuring what's really
going on and implying capabilities that do not exist.

- Paul

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