Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 08:12:11 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT elta DOT co DOT il>
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	Dawe on Sun, 31 Aug 2003 21:11:48 +0100)
Subject: Re: /dev/c - c: or c:/ ?
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> Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 21:11:48 +0100
> From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
> 
> Should /dev/c expand to c: or c:/ with run through _fixpath? Since /dev/c
> looks like an absolute path, I think it should expand to c:/ . Currently it
> doesn't. Note that /dev/c/. expands to c:/ .
> 
> I'm wondering if there's some reason that it expands to c: .

What other way is there to express "c:" with the /dev/x notation?

Does the current expansion hurt anything?  If so, what?