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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 15:35:37 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: UNC Pathname Handling within Applications
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On Jul 16 15:10, Thorsten Haude wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> * Corinna Vinschen wrote (2004-07-16 15:01):
> >even if I repeat other postings, please note that double slashes are
> >absolutely fine according to the standards.  Leading double slashes may
> >have a special meaning on POSIX implementations and the *well* *known*
> >Windows specific meaning is an UNC path for accessing network (CIFS)
> >shares.  Honestly, there should be no surprise in that fact to users
> >of your software.  If you really want to mangle file names in your
> >application instead of just leaving them alone, then your application
> >should honor that fact, to be *portable*.
> >
> >This isn't us being mean, as usual, that's just fact.
> 
> I already agreed that it should be supported, so what's missing?

Erm... nothing, apparently.  I must have misinterpreted your posting.

Sorry,
Corinna

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