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Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof@math.ethz.ch> writes:

> Requiring the paths to end in a separator is fragile.

However, returning a directory name (in whatever the local convention
for directory names are) for a function whose purpose is to convert a
group name into a directory name, makes a lot of sense.

You patch may make sense as well (in addition to Simons patch), but
that is really an orthogonal question.