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Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 08:14:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject: Re: File name syntax (WAS: RE: FW: Can not config sshd)
To: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>,
        "cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com" <cygwin AT hotpop DOT com>
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--- Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com> wrote:
-8<-
> I have mixed feelings about this.  I routinely use //sys/share to access
> remote
> shares.  If cygwin had translated sys:share to //sys/share two or three years
> ago then I would be using that mechanism instead.
> 
> Unfortunately, this use is embedded in various scripts on my machine.  I
> would
> be surprised if I was the only person who would be affected by this.
> 

Well, we've changed the way other things work without regard to what might
break by doing so, e.g., the Windows path \ deal.  So, what's the sweat about
this change, you just fix what breaks.

Cheers,

=====
---
   Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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