On 3/16/2010 9:49 PM, Steve Bray wrote:
I had not initially tried the // syntax because FAQ 4.2 recommended not
using the "obsolete //c notation" in your PATH or startup files.
That recommendation harks back to a time when drives where accessed using
the // notation. That was dropped in favor of the UNC notation
prevalent in Windows. But UNC is a network path so anyone assuming
//<letter> was referring to a drive got a rude reminder of just how
slow things could get when searching the PATH with a network path in
it. But the //<letter>-as-a-drive semantics haven't been supported in
Cygwin for years now. So this is really an anachronistic warning now,
since probably no one remembers the old semantics anyway... [realizes
I've just been caught in my own paradox! ;-) ]
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A: Yes.
Q: Are you sure?
A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
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