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Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 17:42:33 +0200
From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <gerrit AT familiehaase DOT de>
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To: Jokinen Jyke <jyke AT cs DOT tut DOT fi>
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Subject: Re: //c path prefix (again) with a legacy sw?
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Hallo Jokinen,

2001-10-25 17:41:55, du schriebst:


> Hello all.

> I have "old" binaries compiled with version 1.1.8 and they internally
> access in one point a location starting with path //c/usr meaning
> WinPath C:\USR. Is there any configuration change which would allow me
> to use these binaries in a newer version (1.3.3)?

> What I have already tried:

> 1. Compiling the package again to no avail. It's a Modula-3 compiler from
>   http://m3.polymtl.ca/m3/download. Package pm3-1.1.15-src-NT386GNU-boot.tgz 
>   worked quite fine in 1.1.8 but I only get strange errors (means I cannot
>   correct them) in 1.3.3 (win2k pro). 

What errors?

>   And the package _has to be_ configured with installation path
>   of "C:\some\place".

> 2. Playing with the mount command. I can setup a mount prefix of "/c" for
>   the "C-drive" but not "//c".

> Is there any workaround for this other than creating a real SMB-share machine
> named "c" ?? (no that is not an option for me ;)

Gerrit
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