Re: [MacPerl] Porting File::PathConvert

[Barrie Slaymaker <rbs@telerama.com>]

Should "volume:folder1::folder2" resolve to "volume:folder2" (presuming
we ignore the existance of aliases :-)?

Is it valid to move from one volume to another using ::? The reason
I ask is that it isn't under Win32 or VMS, or with URLs. So it's
easier for me to disallow it. It's also a possible safety problem
if Mac perl hackers would normally expect to be blocked from doing
this by the OS's file handling routines.

OTOH, it's more unix-like to allow it. If I do, But then I need to 
deal with the special case of _not_ allowing
"volume1:folder1:::volume2:folder2" => "volume2:folder2"

And, as file spec, does "" refer to root, or to the cwd?

Thanks,

Barrie

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