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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? Thorsten -- The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. - Mark Twain
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