Hallo all, On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 01:19:35PM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > In the Hurd, a directory might be a conventional directory. However, it > might also be a strange non-standard thingie. That thingie could allow > directory operations on it like a conventional directory.
oh, that's clear explanation, thanks. > On systems where opening a directory always fails, the error output > of grep tends to annoy me, though. I have the same feeling. > How to differentiate these systems > I don't know, maybe a "mkdir foo; cat foo"? > Or just using host_os Thank you very much. I think this is the best solution. I hope the test you suggest will work. And we can use host_os for special OS'es where this will cause problems. I hope that no one minds that the default depends on the OS. Stepan Kasal _______________________________________________ Help-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd
