From: greglutz AT ix DOT netcom DOT com (Greg Lutz) Subject: Pseudo-UNC nomenclature 30 Oct 1998 18:29:58 -0800 Message-ID: <4.1.19981029230715.00a50bd0.cygnus.gnu-win32@popd.ix.netcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Variants of the Universal Naming Convention pop up in various contexts in file and device names for cygwin32: things like \\.\tape0 for tape device names, and //c as a substitute for the DOS phrase C:\. Is there a general explanation of this syntax somewhere? And of its usage both within the Windows NT environment and cygwin32? Thanks, Greg Lutz - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".