Linda Walsh
POSIX does not require this but it permits the semantics of the Integrated Solutions global filesystem from 30 years ago. or the UNC type paths of today.
I think you are misreading what I wrote. POSIX requires that a double slash at the beginning of the path NOT be collapsed. It may not have a special meaning, BUT it can't be assumed redundant by any utils that take a path.
Looks like you missread my text. POSIX _permits_ this behavior, but it does not require it: If the string pointed to by path is exactly "//", it is implementation defined whether "/" or "//" is returned... Jörg -- EMail:joerg@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin js@cs.tu-berlin.de (uni) joerg.schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org