Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 09:08:16 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: RHIDE crashes without traceback. [solved!]
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On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, Endlisnis wrote:

>     But the odd part is that it is preceded by a drive letter.  So I don't
> understand why it would be looking for a UNC.

You need to realize how does Windows (and DOS) process file names.  The 
first step is always to canonicalize the file name.  After this step, 
all file names have drive letters, because the canonicalization adds it.