> This is per the Single Unix Specification; three or more slashes are > required to be equivalent to one slash, while two slashes are > explicitly reserved for operating system dependent behaviour (in > cygwin's case, //server).
Thanks for the clarification Yitzchak - that does make sense. So, a good reason to test is Cygwin's handling of 'ls //' has changed - from listing the root directory, to listing servers in the workgroup/domain. Regards, Sonam Chauhan -- Electronic Commerce, Corporate Express Australia Ltd. Phone: +61-2-9335-0725, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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/