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From: "Keith Starsmeare" <keith_starsmeare AT yahoo DOT co DOT uk>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: //c - Ouch!
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 15:44:19 +0100
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I just updated a colleagues cygwin and couldn't immediately figure out why
it was going so very slowly. The reason - //c references in the path. Every
time a command was issued that searched past that reference it would freeze
because it now scans the network. Ouch!

Also, this opens the (remote) possibility of unscrupulous, twisted people
calling their machines 'C' to catch people out!

I guess we knew this was going to happen, but I wish that there was a way to
temporarily issue some kind of big, unmissable warning somewhere! (But I'm
not volunteering, I can't think of where would be the best place - setup,
bash maybe?)

Keith


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