[rrd-developers] Bug#497739: rrdtool: rrdgraph no longer drops all directories given in filename argument when imginfo string prints

[Tobias Oetiker]

Hi Sebastian,

Today Sebastian Harl wrote:
>
> What I don't understand though is why '\\' is supposed to mark the
> beginning of the filename. Tobi, is that supposed to take care of
> Windows? In theory, '\\' may be used in filenames on Unix systems, so
> this might behave incorrectly then. Is there any reason why you don't
> use the basename(3) function instead? That's defined in POSIX.1-2001s
> an XSI extension), so it should not cause any problems.

yes the \\ is for our backslashing windows friends ... just read
the basename manpage it sonds scary all the caveats ... do you know
who supports posix.1-2001 ?

If this is widely adoped, it is certainly more elegant tha
implementing it ourselfs.

cheers
tobi


> TIA,
> Sebastian
>
>

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