On Sat, May 31, 2003 at 02:06:50AM +0200, Patrick Strasser wrote: > If I understand diretory semantics in the Hurd right, the directory is meant > as directory only with a trailing slash, and as file if only called with > the name without slash.
Not really, although you can force glibc to lookup only directories by appending a slash, and a slash at the end of a filename certainly means that you want a directory. The best way to understand it is to think about objects and interfaces. There is a file interface, and there is a directory interface. Any object implementing the file interface is called a "file". Any object that implements the directory interface is called a "directory". Some objects might implement the file interface, but also the directory interface. These objects are called "directories" or "files", depending on your context. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann The Hurd http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de/ _______________________________________________ Help-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd
