else
{
/* Remove any trailing slashes from the result. */
+#ifdef MSDOS
+ char *lim = (path[0] >= 'A' && path[0] <= 'z' && path[1] == ':')
+ ? path + 2 : path;
+
+ /* If canonicalized "d:/path", leave alone the root case "d:/". */
+ while (slash > lim && *slash == '/')
+ --slash;
+#else
while (slash > path && *slash == '/')
--slash;
+#endif
length = slash - path + 1;
}