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From: Sonam Chauhan <sonam DOT chauhan AT ce DOT com DOT au>
To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Please test latest snapshot
Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 11:36:37 +1000
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> This is per the Single Unix Specification; three or more slashes are
> required to be equivalent to one slash, while two slashes are
> explicitly reserved for operating system dependent behaviour (in
> cygwin's case, //server).

Thanks for the clarification Yitzchak - that does make sense.

So, a good reason to test is Cygwin's handling of 'ls //' has changed - from
listing the root directory, to listing servers in the workgroup/domain.

Regards,
Sonam Chauhan
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Phone: +61-2-9335-0725, Email: sonam DOT chauhan AT ce DOT com DOT au
 

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