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Re: LYNX-DEV Re: Use of terminal attributes (was [no useful subject] )
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T.E.Dickey |
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Re: LYNX-DEV Re: Use of terminal attributes (was [no useful subject] ) |
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Fri, 30 Jan 1998 17:53:05 -0500 (EST) |
> > > > /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.)
not really - Apollo had it for ten years before that (and given the nature
of this business, there's no guarantee that was the first either).
> Bottom line: I wouldn't do it.
agreed.
> -- gil
>
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