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On Dec 23, 2007 1:26 PM, Christopher Faylor
<cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 23, 2007 at 01:02:23PM +0800, kou yu wrote:
> >o, maybe you are right.
>
> It's a good bet that she is.
>
> >But I am a little confused. "//server/share" is the POSIX syntax for
> >SMB share paths, but on windows the syntax is "\\server\share".
>
> POSIX *allows* '//something' to have a special meaning.  It doesn't
> state that it is necessarily the syntax for SMB share paths.
>
> >And why on linux I input "cd //usr/<tab>", the completion would not
> >become slow, i.e. why on linux, the syntax "//xxx/xxx" would not be
> >considered as remote SMB share. (except "smbclient //server/share")
>
> Because a '//' has no special meaning on linux.  Both '//server/share'
> and '\\server\share' are valid syntax for Windows.
>
> You can believe this or not but Cygwin's behavior is not going to
> change.


In fact, if you simply say that this is not a bug of cygwin, but a
feature, then I would believe you.

>
> cgf
>
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