X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4A087770.3090602@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 15:07:28 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20090101 Remi/2.0.0.19-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.19 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Mount of VSS volumes (//?/GLOBALROOT/...) does not work References: <8881AD4AE397468EA9277BFB94782F18@phoenix> <4A0849F3.4090502@cygwin.com> <4A0852A1.6050604@cygwin.com> <5F6283A8965E432A89BC3CD6B980DAAB@phoenix> In-Reply-To: <5F6283A8965E432A89BC3CD6B980DAAB@phoenix> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Jason Pyeron wrote: > Sorry, I ignored the list addresses, I always try to remove peoples' addresses. > (any suggestions for outlok 2003?) I don't use Outlook so I can't speak for this but I've heard others on the list mention it. >>> Hmm, could I get a primmer on where to look to understand >> more. I.E. >>> which sources/functions. >> > t-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=src> > > Here is the question I am going with: If the path starts with \\?\ don't > strip the trailing slash, can this be cost effective or only cost more in > that case? The real question that comes into play this path conversion code is whether or not any additional check/code is cost effective. This code is called constantly so a change that adds to the overhead of this call is going to be magnified many times, which is obviously a negative. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/