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Re: Updated: coreutils-5.3.0-6 [FAQ alert]


On 5/27/05, Eric Blake wrote:
> Therefore, http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC45 is out of date, and we
> need a FAQ update.  It is now possible to do `mkdir -p
> //MACHINE/Share/path/to/new/dir' and everything just works fine!  However,
> `mkdir -p \\\\machine\\share\\path' fails, because coreutils expects Unix
> path names, not Windows style.  So it is probably worth rewording this FAQ
> to point out why using \ doesn't always do what the user expects.


OK, I'll update it.

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