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Re: paths like //usr/local


On 10/15/2002 1:05 PM, Sven Köhler wrote:

the sollution that paths like //comp/share are interpreted like an UNC-path is just not compatible with an application might expect from a unix-environment.
Don't be silly - there are Unix-y environments where "//" doesn't work the way you think they "should" work. The "//" notation has been used in many shared-filesystem implementations as a hostname or sharename prefix.

Please, leave things as they are. The POSIX standard specifically sets aside the leading "//" prefix for just such situations. Just because you've never worked in an environment like this before doesn't mean that the rest of us should be handicapped to accommodate you..
--
Shankar.




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