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Re: File name syntax (WAS: RE: FW: Can not config sshd)
- To: Chris Faylor <cgf at cygnus dot com>, "cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com" <cygwin at hotpop dot com>
- Subject: Re: File name syntax (WAS: RE: FW: Can not config sshd)
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 08:14:15 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: cygwin users <cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Reply-To: earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com
--- Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> wrote:
-8<-
> I have mixed feelings about this. I routinely use //sys/share to access
> remote
> shares. If cygwin had translated sys:share to //sys/share two or three years
> ago then I would be using that mechanism instead.
>
> Unfortunately, this use is embedded in various scripts on my machine. I
> would
> be surprised if I was the only person who would be affected by this.
>
Well, we've changed the way other things work without regard to what might
break by doing so, e.g., the Windows path \ deal. So, what's the sweat about
this change, you just fix what breaks.
Cheers,
=====
---
Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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