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Re: java.io.File: "normalize" path names




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



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