Re: LYNX-DEV Re: Use of terminal attributes (was [no useful subject] )

[pg]

In a recent note, David Combs said:

> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 12:53:43 -0800 (PST)
> 
> Huh?  Please, what is this two slashes business?  Was
> that mail pointing out an ERROR -- or is the claim
> that the two slashes were CORRECT?
> 
> > > /usr/include/curses.h  <== exists
> > > /usr/lib/libcurses.a <== softlink to //usr/lib/libncurses.a
> > 
> > Yes, there are two slashes.
> 
Ummm.  Depends.  Posix, in its rationale, recognizes that some
use a path of the form:  //<host>/<dir 1>/<dir 2>/ ...

Posix strongly deplores this convention, while accommodating
it by noting that the effect of a pathname which begins with
two slashes is implementation dependent.

(Perhaps this is the origin of the two slashes preceding the
host name in a URL.)

Bottom line:  I wouldn't do it.

-- gil