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Re: java.io.File: "normalize" path names
- To: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Subject: Re: java.io.File: "normalize" path names
- From: Jeff Sturm <jsturm at one-point dot com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 14:25:03 -0400 (EDT)
- cc: Bryce McKinlay <bryce at albatross dot co dot nz>, java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
On 12 Apr 2001, Tom Tromey wrote:
> FYI, my understanding is that in POSIX a leading `//' is allowed to
> have a special meaning. Does anybody have a reference available?
> This might only be meaningful in a pedantic sense. There might not be
> systems in use where it matters.
The Interix (Microsoft) POSIX subsystem for Windows is an example where
`//' is special. Win32 paths like C:\WINNT are mapped to //C/WINNT in
POSIX.
I wouldn't rule out someone porting libgcj to Interix, especially since
gcc is its native compiler.
Jeff