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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sven_K=F6hler?= <skoehler AT upb DOT de>
Subject: Re: paths like //usr/local
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 22:05:35 +0200
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> Perhaps something like a unc_prefix is in order, similar to the cygdrive
> prefix?

the sollution that paths like //comp/share are interpreted like an 
UNC-path is just not compatible with an application might expect from a 
unix-environment.
the 2 slashes should be collapsed and nothing else.

> "Patches gratefully accepted" (C).  Oops, sorry, I guess it's "Donations
> gleefully accepted" now... :-D

which unc-prefix would that be?

i would prefer an "automount-like" feature as i already suggested:
/unc-mount-point-path/computer/share
where
/unc-mount-point-path/computer/
might be a virtual folder with all shares avaiable and
/unc-mount-point-path/
might be a virtual folder with all known computers

just an idea.




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