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<body class='hmmessage'>> But colons? Colons are not special in any way, shape, or form, on<BR>> Unix... I think "it is extremely surprising" to a Unix user if a path<BR><BR>
Ever try putting a path with a colon into $PATH? Does it work?<BR>
Or copying a file with a colon in its name to a Windows system? Does it work?<BR>
This part could be limited to systems that have $OS == Windows_NT I guess.<BR>
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As a user switching between multiple systems, this area is quite frustrating...I guess no matter what.<BR>
Sometimes one form works, sometimes another, sometimes either, often with identical meaning, but not always.<BR>
These changes, and about one more, should make building NT386GNU a fair amount easier..<BR>
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Currently it is any path with a colon in the second character.<BR>
How about if that is further restricted to having a-z in the first character and/or more importantly a slash in the third character?<BR>
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- Jay<BR><BR><BR>
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> To: jkrell@elego.de<BR>> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:55:53 -0800<BR>> From: mika@async.caltech.edu<BR>> CC: m3devel@elegosoft.com<BR>> Subject: Re: [M3devel] [M3commit] CVS Update: cm3<BR>> <BR>> Jay Krell writes:<BR>> >CVSROOT: /usr/cvs<BR>> >Changes by: jkrell@birch. 08/02/18 16:16:44<BR>> ><BR>> >Modified files:<BR>> > cm3/m3-sys/m3quake/src/: QMachine.i3 QMachine.m3 <BR>> > cm3/m3-sys/cm3/src/: M3Path.m3 <BR>> ><BR>> >Log message:<BR>> > At least for purposes of determining if Join(a,b) is b or a + slash + b,<BR>> > treat any path that starts with a forward or backward slash, or<BR>> > contains a colon as the second character, as absolute, on all platforms.<BR>> > It is ASSUMED that backslashes and colons are never used in paths<BR>> > on non-Windows systems, or at least that this interpretation is ok.<BR>> <BR>> I think people are careful not to use backslashes on Unix because<BR>> it does weird things in the shell, so "it's not surprising" if<BR>> things go bad if you use backslashes in your filenames. I know I<BR>> never have, on purpose.<BR>> <BR>> But colons? Colons are not special in any way, shape, or form, on<BR>> Unix... I think "it is extremely surprising" to a Unix user if a path<BR>> with a colon in it breaks something. <BR>> <BR>> Mika<BR><BR><br /><hr />Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your HotmailŪ-get your "fix". <a href='http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx' target='_new'>Check it out.</a></body>
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