From: Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Odd, is it not? mkdir 'e:\' cannot be undone by rmdir 'e:\' ...
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:21:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k1aytjev.fsf@Rainer.invalid> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8736hm7aun.fsf@Rainer.invalid> (Achim Gratz's message of "Tue, 27 Aug 2019 19:54:24 +0200")
Achim Gratz writes:
> Corinna Vinschen writes:
>> 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).
>
> While we're discussing oddities, creating symbolic links in the virtual
> /dev directory still works and those links show up in the real
> (underlying) Windows directory as well. This is why the Bash
> postinstall still works and I'm not sure if it should do that the way
> it's written.
Nevermind, I tried again on two machines (including the one I tested
this on yesterday) and I can't reproduce it. :-P
Regards,
Achim.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-27 20:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-27 15:25 Houder
2019-08-27 16:28 ` Corinna Vinschen
2019-08-27 17:01 ` Houder
2019-08-27 17:32 ` Vince Rice
2019-08-27 17:50 ` Corinna Vinschen
2019-08-28 7:16 ` Houder
2019-08-28 9:22 ` john doe
2019-08-28 11:47 ` Houder
2019-08-28 13:22 ` Corinna Vinschen
2019-08-28 14:16 ` Eric Blake
2019-08-28 14:22 ` Corinna Vinschen
2019-08-28 15:18 ` Corinna Vinschen
2019-08-29 15:19 ` Houder
2019-08-30 8:20 ` Corinna Vinschen
2019-08-30 12:42 ` Houder
2019-09-01 17:38 ` Houder
2019-09-02 8:15 ` Corinna Vinschen
2019-09-03 8:40 ` Houder
2019-09-03 6:50 ` Andrey Repin
2019-09-19 19:51 ` Ken Brown
2019-09-20 9:11 ` Houder
2019-09-20 18:20 ` Houder
2019-09-21 16:07 ` Ken Brown
2019-09-22 7:34 ` Houder
2019-09-22 14:12 ` Ken Brown
2019-09-07 3:47 ` L A Walsh
2019-08-27 19:48 ` Achim Gratz
2019-08-27 20:58 ` Brian Inglis
2019-08-28 7:16 ` Corinna Vinschen
2019-08-27 22:21 ` Achim Gratz [this message]
2019-08-28 13:36 ` Eric Blake
2019-08-28 22:57 ` Houder
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