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Date:	Fri, 17 Mar 2000 09:32:26 -0800
From:	Bob McGowan <rmcgowan AT veritas DOT com>
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To:	David White <dwhite AT vixel DOT com>
CC:	Cygwin <cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Referencing Files In Bash Using UNC format?
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David White wrote:
> 
> Any pointers are appreciated...
> 
> I want to make references from bash on NT to a file that is on a shared
> drive on a remote system. In a DOS box, I would use the UNC format
> \\computername\sharename\path\file.ext to get at this file. Is there a
> special cygnus format for this sort of thing?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> David
> 
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The same format appears to work (for Cygwin 1.0, CD), but you need to
quote it:

  ls '\\system\directory'

There are probably some restrictions, such as needing to be in the same
domain...

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Bob McGowan
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