On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <> wrote: > On 6/22/2010 2:20 PM, Oren Cheyette wrote: >> >> I did finally get it to work by using the UNC path. I had thought that it >> was >> always preferable to use a unix-style path, particularly since cygwin now >> warns about using W32-style paths. > > If you're talking about using '\' as the path separator, yes, it is always > preferable to use '/' instead. However, with Cygwin, there is no reason > you cannot use '/' for UNC paths, just like you can with DOS-like paths > that Cygwin typically permits (i.e. C:/local/directory). > >> Thanks very much for the help. > > Glad I could help. > > -- > Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746
I always use forward slashes for UNC paths in Cygwin. Typing 'ls //someserver/someshare' is much easier to look at than 'ls \\\\someserver\\someshare' don't you think? Although hitting the hidden admin shares does require a slash 'ls //someserver/ADMIN\$' -Jason -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
