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Re: cygpath -w for non-existent server
On Dec 4 06:35, Andy Koppe wrote:
> With non-existent server foo, and Cygwin 1.7.7 or the latest 1.7.8 snapshot:
>
> $ cygpath -w //foo/bar
> \\foo\bar
>
> $ cygpath -w //foo
> cygpath: error converting "//foo" - No such file or directory
>
> Is that as intended?
>
> Also, both only return after a few seconds delay, so I assume they
> trigger network accesses. Is that necessary?
Probably yes, due to the way SMB works. The "No such file or directory"
seems wrong though. I'll investigate next week.
Corinna
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