open on paths starting with // fails on win32

[rsync/rsync.git] / syscall.c

diff --git a/syscall.c b/syscall.c
index d5b567f..56d88b4 100644 (file)
--- a/syscall.c
+++ b/syscall.c
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ int do_open(char *pathname, int flags, mode_t mode)
        /* for Windows */
        flags |= O_BINARY;
 #endif
+       /* some systems can't handle a double / */
+       if (pathname[0] == '/' && pathname[1] == '/') pathname++;
+
        return open(pathname, flags, mode);
 }