> From: l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) > Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org > 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.
