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SubjectRe: Linux's future: //posix/ipc, //root and so on ?
> On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > > AC> Millions of apps rely on // working.
> > >
> > > Are you sure ? Why ? Till there no warning we can not check it.
> >
> > Because everyone knows // is fine so everyone is really sloppy about
> > combining paths together.


Not everyone. Just those doing it wrong. If you're going to be combining
paths together, you should be following the POSIX recommendation and
using ///, just because // at the beginning could be special.

mrc
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