From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 01:37:12 GMT
Subject: Re: User-relative paths
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0510231836020.10477@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <435C3427.30803@zytor.com>



On Sun, 23 Oct 2005, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
> If this is meant to dequote shell-quoted paths, it really should be modal.

It _only_ accepts quoted strings, so it "is" modal. It has one mode: 
string. And it's a bitch about enforcing it, too (it just dies if it 
wasn't one).

		Linus