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Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 13:20:46 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
From: Michael A Chase <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
Subject:  Re: canonpath in perl as it relates to cygwin
To: Christopher Murray <CJM4 AT nrc DOT gov>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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On Mon, 06 May 2002 11:56:03 -0400 Christopher Murray <CJM4 AT nrc DOT gov> wrote:

> Actually, unless I am totally overlooking something, this looks to be a
> step 
> backward.  Will the following regexp -
> 
> $^O =~ m/^(?:qnx|nto)$/ 
> 
> cause a match under cygwin in perl 5.8)?   I can't see how, but then
> again,
> I haven't actually run perl 5.8 to check what $^O returns.
> 
> If not, then what I see is that the logic goes from
> 
>    $path =~ s|/+|/|g unless($^O eq 'cygwin');
> 
> to
> 
>     $path =~ s|/+|/|g;                             # xx////xx  -> xx/xx
> 
> thus converting all paths that begin with // to a single /.  Is this
> correct 
> considering that "//share/path" indicates a network share under
> cygwin and probably not something one would want to upset?

Is anyone here already reporting this to perlbug?  I am willing to, but if
someone has already reported it, there is no need for a  'me too'.
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