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+++ b/lisp/startup.el
@@ -911,7 +911,9 @@ Type \\[describe-distribution] for information on getting the latest version."))
(defun command-line-normalize-file-name (file)
"Collapse multiple slashes to one, to handle non-Emacs file names."
- (while (string-match "//+" file)
+ ;; Use arg 1 so that we don't collapse // at the start of the file name.
+ ;; That is significant on some systems.
+ (while (string-match "//+" file 1)
(setq file (replace-match "/" t t file)))
file)