Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20000526171225.00e6e7e0@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 17:13:34 -0500 To: "Parker, Ron" , "cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com" From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: RE: File name syntax (WAS: RE: FW: Can not config sshd) In-Reply-To: <200005262110.RAA09230@acestes-fe0.ultra.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 04:07 PM 5/26/00, Parker, Ron wrote: > > >In other words, "///myfile" would translate to "/myfile" and > > >"machine:dir/file" or "machine:/dir/file" would map to the > > Windows path > > >\\machine\dir\file. > > > I'm assuming by "Make multiple introductory slashes", you're > > excluding the > > case of "//"? > >That wasn't exactly what I was thinking. I used three for emphasis, but >meant that one or more initial slashes would be treated as a single initial >slash. > >It is the Friday before a long weekend and I might be completely brain-dead, >but I don't remember a special significance to '//' in UNIX. Right. The significance is for UNC paths which can be easily access currently using "///" in Cygwin now... Larry -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com