Subject: devopen() in standalone programs.
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/05/1999 16:52:03
Folks,

devopen() takes a string which is the complete filename to open
including any device specifications, and returns via a pointer the
filename in the filesystem.  It appears that ufs doesn't care
whether this remaining filename has a leading '/' or not, but cdfs
will not find the file if this is the case.

Is the correct thing for devopen() to remove a leading '/' if it's
there or for cdfs to ignore a leading '/'?

Simon.