Re: [PATCH] Do not assume glibc glob internals

[Paul Eggert]

Paul Smith wrote:
> +      size_t plen = strlen (path);
> +
> +      /* If path ends in /. make sure it is a directory.  This is because
> +         'lstat' on Windows normalizes the argument foo/. => foo without
> +         checking first that foo is a directory.  */
> +      if (plen > 1 && path[plen - 1] == '.'
> +          && (path[plen - 2] == '/' || path[plen - 2] == '\\')
> +          && !_S_ISDIR (buf->st_mode))
> +        return -1;

Isn't part of the problem that MS-Windows also mishandles names like "foo/" that 
end in "/" as opposed to ending in "/."? (I don't use MS-Windows so perhaps I 
should keep my mouth shut here, but still...