From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 105811 invoked by alias); 27 Aug 2019 20:58:42 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 105795 invoked by uid 89); 27 Aug 2019 20:58:42 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy=HX-Languages-Length:894, HX-Spam-Relays-External:ESMTPA X-HELO: vsmx012.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net Received: from vsmx012.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net (HELO vsmx012.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net) (153.92.174.90) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 27 Aug 2019 20:58:40 +0000 Received: from vsmx004.vodafonemail.xion.oxcs.net (unknown [192.168.75.198]) by mta-8-out.mta.xion.oxcs.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70C1EF34D3C for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2019 20:58:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Gertrud (unknown [84.160.192.162]) by mta-8-out.mta.xion.oxcs.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 4971219AD89 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2019 20:58:36 +0000 (UTC) From: Achim Gratz To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Odd, is it not? mkdir 'e:\' cannot be undone by rmdir 'e:\' ... References: <20190827152549.GY11632@calimero.vinschen.de> <8736hm7aun.fsf@Rainer.invalid> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:21:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <8736hm7aun.fsf@Rainer.invalid> (Achim Gratz's message of "Tue, 27 Aug 2019 19:54:24 +0200") Message-ID: <87k1aytjev.fsf@Rainer.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2019-08/txt/msg00344.txt.bz2 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. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptation for Waldorf microQ V2.22R2: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple