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Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:00:57 +1000
Subject: Re: os.path and Path
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On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 2:32 AM, Christian Heimes <lists@cheimes.de> wrote:
> "c:d" is a valid directory name on Linux. :]
>

The different naming rules come in handy now and then. Wine creates
directories (symlinks, I think, but same diff) called "c:" and "d:"
and so on, which then become the drives that Windows programs see.
It's quite a clean solution.

ChrisA