From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Aug 23 9:58:42 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 648AE37B400 for ; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:58:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.147.188.158]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7426843E77 for ; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:58:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-stable-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.147.188.158]) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g7NGwbAn001812 for ; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:58:37 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from freebsd-stable-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g7NGwaCh001809; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:58:36 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: be-well.ilk.org: lowell set sender to freebsd-stable-local@be-well.ilk.org using -f To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports problems -- FIXED References: <200208231250.g7NCoJQ3073804@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 23 Aug 2002 12:58:36 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200208231250.g7NCoJQ3073804@lurza.secnetix.de> Message-ID: <441y8pzf43.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Oliver Fromme writes: > The $PATH is a sequence of dirctory names (separated by > colons). A directory name is just that -- the file name > of a directory. Such a name _never_ ends with a slash, > because the slash is used to separate components of a > path. That was my assumption, but I've been unsuccessful in trying to back it up with hard facts. I have checked a wide range of reference materials (aside from POSIX itself, to which I have no access), and can't find anything to say this explicitly. Be well. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message