On Jul 16 15:10, Thorsten Haude wrote: > Hi, > > * Corinna Vinschen wrote (2004-07-16 15:01): > >even if I repeat other postings, please note that double slashes are > >absolutely fine according to the standards. Leading double slashes may > >have a special meaning on POSIX implementations and the *well* *known* > >Windows specific meaning is an UNC path for accessing network (CIFS) > >shares. Honestly, there should be no surprise in that fact to users > >of your software. If you really want to mangle file names in your > >application instead of just leaving them alone, then your application > >should honor that fact, to be *portable*. > > > >This isn't us being mean, as usual, that's just fact. > > I already agreed that it should be supported, so what's missing?
Erm... nothing, apparently. I must have misinterpreted your posting. Sorry, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Co-Project Leader mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
