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Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 21:01:27 +0000
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Subject: Re: cygpath -w for non-existent server
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On 6 December 2010 13:13, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Dec =C2=A06 11:59, Andy Koppe wrote:
>> On 6 December 2010 11:34, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> > - "//foo" is a virtual path, valid only in Cygwin. =C2=A0You can't acc=
ess
>> > =C2=A0"\\foo" in the Win32 API using file or directory access function=
s. =C2=A0It
>> > =C2=A0just doesn't exist as a path. =C2=A0UNC paths are only valid wit=
h at least
>> > =C2=A0two path components as in "\\server\share". =C2=A0Since "//foo" =
is a
>> > =C2=A0virtual path, there's no Win32 equivalent. =C2=A0So, from the Wi=
ndows
>> > =C2=A0perspective there's "No such file or directory".
>>
>> Weird. "\\server" works fine in Explorer and also with cygstart, so I
>> guess Explorer implements it as some sort of virtual directory.
>
> That's right.
>
>> Is
>> that enough reason to support it as a special case in the Cygwin path
>> conversion?
>
> Huh, now I see the problem. =C2=A0*Existing* virtual server-only paths
> are converted, only non-existent aren't. =C2=A0I fixed that in CVS.

Fix confirmed. Thanks!

Andy

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