From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" To: "Parker, Ron" , "cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com" Subject: RE: File name syntax (WAS: RE: FW: Can not config sshd) Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 14:15:00 -0000 Message-id: <4.3.1.2.20000526171225.00e6e7e0@pop.ma.ultranet.com> References: <200005262110.RAA09230@acestes-fe0.ultra.net> X-SW-Source: 2000-05/msg00990.html At 04:07 PM 5/26/00, Parker, Ron wrote: > > >In other words, "///myfile" would translate to "/myfile" and > > >"machine:dir/file" or "machine:/dir/file" would map to the > > Windows path > > >\\machine\dir\file. > > > I'm assuming by "Make multiple introductory slashes", you're > > excluding the > > case of "//"? > >That wasn't exactly what I was thinking. I used three for emphasis, but >meant that one or more initial slashes would be treated as a single initial >slash. > >It is the Friday before a long weekend and I might be completely brain-dead, >but I don't remember a special significance to '//' in UNIX. Right. The significance is for UNC paths which can be easily access currently using "///" in Cygwin now... Larry -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com