Ken Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>On Jul 6, 2005, at 11:29 AM, Michael G Schwern via RT wrote:
>
>> [tomdinger - Tue Feb 24 10:15:24 2004]:
>>> Under Windows (using File::Spec::Win32), the call
>>> File::Spec->canonpath('a\\..\\..\\b\\c') returns the wrong value:
>>> 'b\\c'.
>>> It should return '..\\b\\c'.
>>
>> Hey Ken, want to have a look at this? There's a patch and everything!
>>
>
>If Win32 is going to be handled like Unix, then it should return the
>input verbatim (".." is not cleaned up). Is there a reason it should
>be different on Win32?
Without (sym)links Win32 has simpler .. semantics than Unix.
But there are still pitfalls crossing "mount" points.
>
> -Ken
