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Re: Really minor bug. Curent working directory: "//"
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Eric Blake |
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Re: Really minor bug. Curent working directory: "//" |
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Fri, 29 May 2009 06:23:31 -0600 |
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According to pbd@safe-mail.net on 5/29/2009 3:34 AM:
> Description:
> Really minor bug. Bash returns "//" as current working directory after
> changing directory to "//". Changing directory to "///" ("or to more
> slashes") results in "/" as current working directory.
Not a bug. POSIX allows // to be a different directory than /, and on
some platforms, such as cygwin, this is actually the case. Therefore,
bash is required to be careful of //.
- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake ebb9@byu.net
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