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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 14:39:01 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: stat()/lstat() problem (?)
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On Apr 28 11:27, bertrand marquis wrote:
> ZXPLESPAC001, Ext a ?crit:
> >The question is:
> >- is the behavior on Linux/Solaris normal ? I fact there ain't a '//bin'
> >only a '/bin',
> >but even all the shells treat them as representing the same path (BTW 'cd
> >//bin' on 
> >cygwin/bash doesn't work ...)
> >
> this is a normal error under cygwin, you should look at the FAQ: // 
> refers to network places
> 
> >- is it an error in cygwin ? Did all pathes (oops is my english very clear
> >?) have to
> >treat dupplicated '/' as single '/' ? Is the notion of a pathname 
> >normalized
> >somewhere
> >(maybe posix ?) ?
> >
> you should remove all // under cygwin to avoid those errors
> see:
> http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC34

This is backed by SUSv3, btw.  Two leading slashes are allowed to have a
implementation defined meaning (SMB network paths in case of Windows).

Corinna

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