Re: Function to do runtime relative directory

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> >+ if (toupper(*src) != toupper(*src))
> >
> >
>
> Shouldn't this be
>
> if (toupper(*src) != toupper(*dst))
>
> ?
>

Yep, fixed.

> For completeness, you should probably also check for network
> drive paths ("\\machine\sharename\foo").

Oh, OK.

>
> I also think we should just canonicalise everything early, and
> then never have to worry about / vs \ again.
>
> I must confess I think this scheme is overkill - I can't think
> of a use case where one would want a relocatable installation
> which would any pattern other than the one we are thinking of
> for the windows binary installer. Are we taking flexibility too
> far?

This code might be used on Unix too.

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