Odd, is it not? mkdir 'e:\' cannot be undone by rmdir 'e:\' ...

[Houder]

On Tue, 27 Aug 2019 17:25:49, Corinna Vinschen  wrote:
> 
> On Aug 27 14:51, Houder wrote:
[snip]

> > Now, let's play:
> >
> > 64-@@ cygpath -w /drv/e
> > E:\
> 
> > 64-@@ mkdir 'e:\' # creates subdirectory e: !!!!!
> > 64-@@ rmdir 'e:\' # fails, because it refers to /drv/e
> > rmdir: failed to remove 'e:\': Directory not empty
>
> > 64-@@ rmdir 'e:'
>
> > Yes, I should NOT use "DOS paths" ...
>
> >     https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#pathnames-win32
>
> > However, I wonder why e:\ is interpreted by mkdir as e:, and as
> > /drv/e (that is as e:\) by rmdir.
>
> > Any reason for this remarkable difference?
> 
> mkdir(2) has some special code from 2009 which drops trailing
> {back}slashes to perform a bordercase in mkdir Linux-compatible.
> This code snippet doesn't exist in rmdir(2).

.. uhm, I must be speaking to the alter ego of Corinna V,. because
as far as I know, Corinna has given herself some time off ...

Perhaps you could make an entry in her "TODO list" that the 3 lines
above requires some more explanation for pour souls like me.

No, there is no hurry ...

Henri


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