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Date: | Mon, 08 Sep 2003 21:46:34 +0200 |
From: | "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT elta DOT co DOT il> |
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To: | "Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be> |
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Subject: | Re: RESEND: Re: /dev/c - c: or c:/ ? |
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> From: "Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be> > Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 08:27:28 +0200 > > > > I thought I explained that: because the OS we are running on isn't > > Posix. > > Neither is Win32 - but Win32+Cygwin is. I don't see how this is relevant. We all know that Cygwin's way has its downsides. > The point of absolute paths is that if you change the current directory, > the path still refers to the same location. This is only true for > X:foo style paths if the current directory on X: remains unhanged. It remains unchanged as long as you don't go to that drive. Look, I don't think there's any point in arguing along these lines any more. I think I made my opinion clear; I also said I won't veto the change suggested by Rich. You don't need to convert me, or even try. If there's no specific problems with the current support of c:, let's just quit this thread, okay?
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