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On 05/09/2012 04:46 PM, Jan Kratochvil wrote:

> +Setting this variable to @file{/} disables this security protection,


I wonder if creeping in this unixysm is a sign of an interface
that could be better.  I mean, it doesn't make so much sense
if you think of Windows, for example.

-- 
Pedro Alves