Re: MinGW vs. c-api.test

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès)
> Cc: address@hidden
> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 10:29:24 +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?