Re: gnumake 3.78.1 vs. 3.79.1: Directory as File Error?

[Randy Yates]

"Paul D. Smith" <psmith@gnu.org> writes:

> Heh.  You're running one version of GNU make on Solaris, and a different
> version on Windows, and you're assuming the difference in behavior is
> because of _MAKE_ ... !?!?  :-)
>
>
> Sorry, but this has nothing to do with make.  Solaris (and all POSIX
> systems) ignore trailing slashes on pathnames.
>
> Windows doesn't.

Paul,

Maybe I responded too hastily. Whether I do "dir c:/mydir" or "dir c:/mydir/"
Windows will find the directory (file), no?

--Randy


>
> Hence your different behavior.
>
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