Re: MinGW vs. c-api.test

[Neil Jerram]

> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> skribis:
>
> > > 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.

But my Git Bash shell on Windows (at work) gives me paths like /<drive 
letter>/...
For example:

  address@hidden /c/work/icp (master)
  $ pwd
  /c/work/icp

I think that shell is provided by MinGW/MSYS - so does that mean that 
the regexp check
above might not be correct in all contexts on Windows?

       Neil