On 2020-06-15, lacygoill wrote:
> Describe the bug
>
> simplify() does not reduce multiple leading path separators.
>
> To Reproduce
>
> Run this shell command:
>
> vim -Nu NONE -es +"pu=simplify('//tmp')|%p" +'qa!'
>
> The output is //tmp.
>
> Expected behavior
>
> The output is /tmp.
>
> Environment
>
> • Vim version: 8.2 Included patches: 1-981
> • OS: Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS
> • Terminal: XTerm(322)
This is not a bug. The simplify() function should leave two leading
slashes alone. The POSIX spec states:
A pathname that begins with two successive slashes may be
interpreted in an implementation-defined manner, although more
than two leading slashes shall be treated as a single slash.
Regards,
Gary
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http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/basedefs/xbd_chap04.html#tag_04_11
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/12283/unix-difference-between-path-starting-with-and
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