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Igor Peshansky wrote:
> Exactly. Case in point: UNC paths. Both "\\machine\share" 
> and"\machine\share" will refer to the string '\machine\share'. To 
> really reference a UNC path, you'll need to say "\\\\machine\\share". 
> So why not double the backslashes anyway and save yourself the confusion?
Personally I just say //machine/share. Why count all those backslashes 
when forward slashes work just fine!

(Yeah, yeah, they don't work fine for Windows programs. Instead 
$(cygpath -w //machine/share))

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