File name syntax (WAS: RE: FW: Can not config sshd)
Earnie Boyd
earnie_boyd@yahoo.com
Fri May 26 10:19:00 GMT 2000
--- "Parker, Ron" <rdparker@butlermfg.com> wrote:
> > No, bash defaults HOME to / and then that get's prepended to
> > the path name
> > after it resolves the tilde character ~ sor ~/myfile bcomes
> > //myfile. Now the
> > problem with //myfile is that // is translated to \\ and
> > \\myfile as a server
> > doesn't exist. The time it takes to eventually time out is
> > directly related to
> > the number of domains your associated with * the timeout
> > period * the number of
> > retries. This is the reason we now have /cygdrive instead of
> > using // to
> > denote an unmounted device/directory.
>
> Which makes me wonder would a patch to cygwin be welcome that did the
> following?
>
> * Make multiple introductory slashes on a path behave as a single
> introductory slash
> * Make paths that begin with name: and contain no backslashes behave as a
> network path
>
> In other words, "///myfile" would translate to "/myfile" and
> "machine:dir/file" or "machine:/dir/file" would map to the Windows path
> \\machine\dir\file.
>
Grand idea. I like both of these. I actually was thinking of bringing this up
on the developers list but you beat me to it.
There is/might be a problem in that your change isn't backward compatible and
although you as a developer have had /cygdrive syntax for sometime. AFAICR
b20.1 had it or have I just forgotten what it had.
IMO, for the time being bash and sh should be changed to default to /home and
have setup create a /home directory.
Cheers,
=====
---
Earnie Boyd: < mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com >
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