On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 04:29:38PM -0600, Eric Blake wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >>I thought that Eric Blake implied that // *had* to be translated to /, >>as per POSIX. I wonder how many programs out there translate a >>standalone '//' to '/'. > >No, POSIX requires that / be untouched, // be implementation-defined >(hint - - define it on cygwin to stay untouched), and /// translate to >/.
Ok. I knew that but I misinterpreted something you said as implying that '//' was not implementation defined. This was just a misreading on my part, though. cgf
