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From: "Robinow, David" <drobinow AT dayton DOT adroit DOT com>
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Subject: RE: //c - Ouch!
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 11:53:00 -0400
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> From: Keith Starsmeare [mailto:keith_starsmeare AT yahoo DOT co DOT uk]
> Subject: Re: //c - Ouch!
> > The problems you state are exactly the reasons for removing this syntax
> > for accessing drives.  It's too dangerous and problematic.
> 
> As cgf was saying the other day, small incremental changes are often more
> acceptable in open source projects. Maybe the cygwin dll should have gone
> through  a six month period whereby //c was broken completely and then
> repaired to recognise UNC paths rather than local drives.
 Except that UNC paths have been recognized for a long time.  
> I do know that the //c provided such a useful way to describe 
> a local drive
 /c is even more useful.  Use mount!!!
>  ...
> It's just that the implications will effect a lot of users 
 No, it will not.  //c has been deprecated for a long time.
Nearly all users have made the transition.
[I bet my unsupported assertion is more accurate than yours.]
> and the release
> note (http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2001/msg00112.html) has it
> mentioned as the fifth item under "User level change overview".
> 
> I'm sorry to stir this up again, but I think this needs to be 
> in big bold
> flashing letters!
> 
> Keith

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