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Re: MinGW vs. c-api.test
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: MinGW vs. c-api.test |
Date: |
Thu, 12 Jun 2014 23:20:44 +0200 |
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Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> skribis:
>> From: address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès)
>> Cc: address@hidden
>> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 21:48:48 +0200
>>
>> >> >> +(define %null-device
>> >> >> + ;; On Windows (MinGW), /dev/null does not exist and we must instead
>> >> >> + ;; use NUL. Note that file system procedures automatically
>> >> >> translate
>> >> >> + ;; /dev/null, so this variable is only useful for shell snippets.
>> >> >> + (if (file-exists? "/dev/null")
>> >> >> + "/dev/null"
>> >> >> + "NUL"))
>> >> >
>> >> > Not sure this is a good idea: I can create a file /dev/null on
>> >> > Windows, but that doesn't mean it is my null device.
>> >>
>> >> Yes, but using %host-type isn’t perfect either, no? What would you
>> >> prefer?
>> >
>> > How about testing if the absolute name of the current directory starts
>> > with a drive letter?
>>
>> Like (string-match "^[a-zA-Z]:[/\\]" (getcwd)) ?
>
> Yes.
Pushed, thanks.
Ludo’.
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