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| From | Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: CLOCKS_PER_SEC |
| Date | 2016-10-16 11:32 -0700 |
| Organization | None to speak of |
| Message-ID | <lntwccf8ls.fsf@kst-u.example.com> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <lnmvi8jkq4.fsf@kst-u.example.com> <ntp16j$h6u$1@dont-email.me> <ntp1uj$jki$1@dont-email.me> <ln60ovkex0.fsf@kst-u.example.com> <58034f7d.3471765@news.xs4all.nl> |
raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) writes:
> Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> wrote:
>> Is notepad.exe under C:/windows in all versions of Windows? Or at
>> least in all the versions you're concerned with? Perhaps "NL:"
>> would be a better choice. IIRC that's the Windows equivalent of
>> /dev/null. You could conceivably get a false positive if there
>> happens to be a file with that name in the current directory,
>> but that's probably not worth worrying about.
>
> It's "NUL:", and you can't create a file with that name, but I'm not
> sure you can open it the way Bart is doing, under all circumstances and
> all versions of Windows.
You're right, I misremembered the name. It's "NL:" (or "NLA0:") on VMS.
> In any case, relying on a Windows-specific file means you're limited to
> Windows and Linux-like systems. At least it would be wise to add a
> configuration file to override this detection should it become necessary
> in the future.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc.
"We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this."
-- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"
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