File name syntax (WAS: RE: FW: Can not config sshd)
Bernard Dautrevaux
Dautrevaux@microprocess.com
Mon May 29 06:14:00 GMT 2000
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [ mailto:lhall@rfk.com ]
> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2000 6:27 PM
> To: Parker, Ron; cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: RE: File name syntax (WAS: RE: FW: Can not config sshd)
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> At 05:22 PM 5/26/00, Parker, Ron wrote:
> > > Right. The significance is for UNC paths which can be easily
> > > access currently
> > > using "//<server name>/<share name>" in Cygwin now...
> >
> >Understood. My intention was that server:share would be converted to
> >\\server\share before it reached the Windows file API's used
> inside of
> >cygwin.
> >
> >The entire idea was that many UNIX programs parse the colon
> paths as network
> >paths already and this would bring cygwin a little more
> inline with the UNIX
> >world.
>
>
> Actually, I should have said "//<server name>/<share
> name>/<path>" to be
> clear.
>
> I guess as long as the NFS style syntax was supported by
> Cygwin and was
> supported in all places that the current UNC paths are
> supported in Windows
> (i.e. *everywhere*), there shouldn't be any loss of
> functionality with this
> change...
>
Perhaps, but a great loss of compatibility... :-(
BTW, how did you put server:/tools/bin in you PATH?
Bernard
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