Re: MinGW vs. c-api.test

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès)
> Cc: address@hidden
> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 21:48:48 +0200
> 
> >> >> +(define %null-device
> >> >> +  ;; On Windows (MinGW), /dev/null does not exist and we must instead
> >> >> +  ;; use NUL.  Note that file system procedures automatically translate
> >> >> +  ;; /dev/null, so this variable is only useful for shell snippets.
> >> >> +  (if (file-exists? "/dev/null")
> >> >> +      "/dev/null"
> >> >> +      "NUL"))
> >> >
> >> > Not sure this is a good idea: I can create a file /dev/null on
> >> > Windows, but that doesn't mean it is my null device.
> >> 
> >> Yes, but using %host-type isn’t perfect either, no?  What would you
> >> prefer?
> >
> > How about testing if the absolute name of the current directory starts
> > with a drive letter?
> 
> Like (string-match "^[a-zA-Z]:[/\\]" (getcwd)) ?

Yes.