> From: l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) > Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org > Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:29:24 +0200 > > >> +(define %null-device > >> + ;; On Windows (MinGW), /dev/null does not exist and we must instead > >> + ;; use NUL. Note that file system procedures automatically translate > >> + ;; /dev/null, so this variable is only useful for shell snippets. > >> + (if (file-exists? "/dev/null") > >> + "/dev/null" > >> + "NUL")) > > > > Not sure this is a good idea: I can create a file /dev/null on > > Windows, but that doesn't mean it is my null device. > > Yes, but using %host-type isn’t perfect either, no? What would you > prefer?
How about testing if the absolute name of the current directory starts with a drive letter?
