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Re: canonpath in perl as it relates to cygwin
- From: Michael A Chase <mchase at ix dot netcom dot com>
- To: Christopher Murray <CJM4 at nrc dot gov>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 13:20:46 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
- Subject: Re: canonpath in perl as it relates to cygwin
- References: <scd66f61.025@nrcgwia.nrc.gov>
- Reply-to: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
On Mon, 06 May 2002 11:56:03 -0400 Christopher Murray <CJM4@nrc.gov> wrote:
> Actually, unless I am totally overlooking something, this looks to be a
> step
> backward. Will the following regexp -
>
> $^O =~ m/^(?:qnx|nto)$/
>
> cause a match under cygwin in perl 5.8)? I can't see how, but then
> again,
> I haven't actually run perl 5.8 to check what $^O returns.
>
> If not, then what I see is that the logic goes from
>
> $path =~ s|/+|/|g unless($^O eq 'cygwin');
>
> to
>
> $path =~ s|/+|/|g; # xx////xx -> xx/xx
>
> thus converting all paths that begin with // to a single /. Is this
> correct
> considering that "//share/path" indicates a network share under
> cygwin and probably not something one would want to upset?
Is anyone here already reporting this to perlbug? I am willing to, but if
someone has already reported it, there is no need for a 'me too'.
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