From 9a6d32b08bac0dc486f24c21edd1ecadd47668e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joel Sherrill Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 13:35:07 +0000 Subject: Added information on pathname evaluation. --- doc/posix_users/files.t | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/posix_users') diff --git a/doc/posix_users/files.t b/doc/posix_users/files.t index 1a116cc3fa..9d7502f01c 100644 --- a/doc/posix_users/files.t +++ b/doc/posix_users/files.t @@ -51,7 +51,20 @@ The directives provided by the files and directories manager are: @section Background -There is currently no text in this section. +@subsection Path Name Evaluation + +A pathname is a string that consists of no more than @code{PATH_MAX} +bytes, including the terminating null character. A pathname has an optional +beginning slash, followed by zero or more filenames separated by slashes. +If the pathname refers to a directory, it may also have one or more trailing +slashes. Multiple successive slahes are considered to be the same as +one slash. + +POSIX allows a pathname that begins with precisely two successive slashes to be +interpreted in an implementation-defined manner. RTEMS does not currently +recognize this as a special condition. Any number of successive +slashes is treated the same as a single slash. POSIX requires that +an implementation treat more than two leading slashes as a single slash. @section Operations -- cgit v1.2.3