Message-Id: <199902141710.RAA14432@out2.ibm.net> From: "Mark E." To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 12:10:48 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: new Bash 2.02.1 test version available References: <199902112015 DOT UAA35208 AT out2 DOT ibm DOT net> In-reply-to: X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01d) Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com > So it might be a good idea > to invent some way of getting Bash to convert PATH into the /dev/d/ form, > and have its internal commands, like `pwd' return pathnames in that form > as well. Sounds like a good idea. He has a lot of duplicate code to go to and from between the '//x/' form, so it will be some work. But the conversion will be good in the long run, so it's worth doing. Mark --- Mark Elbrecht snowball3 AT usa DOT net http://members.xoom.com/snowball3/