Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:14:52 -0500 (EST) | From | Gregory Maxwell <> | Subject | Re: [Total OFF TOPIC} A very strange, crazy thing |
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Yes, this is right. (Though I'm not so sure about your shell actually showing the //, mine doesnt and pwd reports the correct answer).
This is completly standards complient. Before you notice it by yourself, this is also okay too:
[root@limelight /usr]# mkdir a [root@limelight /usr]# cd a [root@limelight a]# rmdir .
On Thu, 18 Feb 1999, Alexandre Hautequest wrote:
> Hi all. > > Last night, when i was compiling a new program, i did this thing "in > locus": > > darkstar:/usr/src/gs5.50# cd //tmp (double slash?) > darkstar://tmp# cd //usr (works??) > darkstar://usr# _ (how?????) > > and it works in any parent directory. If i try: > > darkstar://usr# cd //home//ftp//pub > darkstar://home/ftp/pub# _ > > I just got double slashes in 1st dir. Is that really possible to do, or my > machine (and me) are getting too much crazy? :p > > Linux 2.2.1, glibc-2.0.7pre6, egcs-1.1.1, ext2fs to all disks, bash 2.20. > Is "just" a 3.6 slack being migrated to glibc. >
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