On Dec 15 16:27, Andy Koppe wrote: > 2009/12/15 Corinna Vinschen: > > \?? is a shortcut for the DOS device subdirectory in the native NT > > namespace. "C:\foo" in DOS is "\??\C:\foo" in native NT speak. > > "\\server\share" in DOS is "\??\UNC\server\share". > > Shouldn't that be '\\?' rather than '\??' though?
No. \\?\ is the Win32 prefix for long pathnames. Internally it will be translated to \??\ before calling the native NT functions. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat