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Re: [MiNT] FreeMiNT kernel patch



On Mon, 2008-05-19 at 13:46 +0200, Petr Stehlik wrote:
> Alan Hourihane wrote:
> > It's perfectly possible for a filename to be A::foobar or B::foobar, but
> > the kernel parses this to mean a drive and tries to access the floppy.
> > 
> > The attached patch fixes the problem.
> 
> how about "::foobar"? If allowing colons in a filename then do it 
> properly ;-)

::foobar works because path[0] is not a drive specifier. Drive
specifier's being a-z and 1-6.

Alan.