1 # double-slash-root.m4 serial 2 -*- Autoconf -*-
2 dnl Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
4 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
5 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
7 AC_DEFUN([gl_DOUBLE_SLASH_ROOT],
9 AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
10 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether // is distinct from /], [gl_cv_double_slash_root],
11 [ if test x"$cross_compiling" = xyes ; then
12 # When cross-compiling, there is no way to tell whether // is special
13 # short of a list of hosts. However, the only known hosts to date
14 # that have a distinct // are Apollo DomainOS (too old to port to),
15 # Cygwin, and z/OS. If anyone knows of another system for which // has
16 # special semantics and is distinct from /, please report it to
17 # <bug-gnulib@gnu.org>.
19 *-cygwin | i370-ibm-openedition)
20 gl_cv_double_slash_root=yes ;;
22 # Be optimistic and assume that / and // are the same when we
24 gl_cv_double_slash_root='unknown, assuming no' ;;
28 if test $[2] = $[4] && wc //dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; then
29 gl_cv_double_slash_root=no
31 gl_cv_double_slash_root=yes
34 if test "$gl_cv_double_slash_root" = yes; then
35 AC_DEFINE([DOUBLE_SLASH_IS_DISTINCT_ROOT], 1,
36 [Define to 1 if // is a file system root distinct from /.])