Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!ncar!tank!oddjob!matt From: matt@oddjob.uchicago.edu (Matt Crawford) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: multiple slash wounds (was Re: access()) Message-ID: <1836@tank.uchicago.edu> Date: 14 Feb 89 16:14:49 GMT References: <979@auspex.UUCP> <5615@bsu-cs.UUCP> <999@auspex.UUCP> Sender: news@tank.uchicago.edu Reply-To: matt@oddjob.uchicago.edu (Matt Crawford) Distribution: comp Organization: Up against the wall of SCIENCE Lines: 7 In-reply-to: guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris) ) ... So it doesn't disallow "//filename", although it indicates that it ) may not do what you think it does, ... Certain people in the habit of writing Makefiles with "DESTDIR=/" may have to be sent off to re-education camps. Matt