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Author amaury.forgeotdarc
Recipients abakker, amaury.forgeotdarc, ezio.melotti, l0nwlf, orsenthil
Date 2010-02-12.18:11:35
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Message-id <1265998297.84.0.436230815532.issue7909@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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nul is a special "dos device"
_getfullpathname() correctly returns \\.\nul, but normpath() then simplifies it to \\nul

I suggest that normpath() be changed to consider \\.\ as a special prefix, and keep it intact when it appears at the start of the path. See also
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247(VS.85).aspx
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Date User Action Args
2010-02-12 18:11:37amaury.forgeotdarcsetrecipients: + amaury.forgeotdarc, orsenthil, abakker, ezio.melotti, l0nwlf
2010-02-12 18:11:37amaury.forgeotdarcsetmessageid: <1265998297.84.0.436230815532.issue7909@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2010-02-12 18:11:36amaury.forgeotdarclinkissue7909 messages
2010-02-12 18:11:35amaury.forgeotdarccreate