I see: 
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21194530/what-does-mean-when-prepended-to-a-file-path
 
<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21194530/what-does-mean-when-prepended-to-a-file-path>


> On Mar 24, 2022, at 11:57 AM, Larry Gritz <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> What does the \\? mean? Is there a reference you can send me about the exact 
> syntax f these filenames?
> 
> 
>> On Mar 24, 2022, at 12:21 AM, Larry Gritz <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> I think I know what's going on here. At some point, we started recognizing 
>> some "REST" like filename structures as ways to communicate parameters to 
>> procedural image generators, and so I bet the "?" is throwing it off. I will 
>> investigate.
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mar 23, 2022, at 9:23 AM, haggi <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> we just encountered a problem working with maktetx and windows unc paths.
>>> We use UNC path notation for accessing the files in our network like this:
>>> 
>>> maketx.exe -o C:\TextureCache\test1.tx \\produktion\dfs\images\Raumplan.png
>>> 
>>> This works great. But sometimes the pathnames are too long and our usual 
>>> solution was to use a windows naming convention:
>>> 
>>> maketx.exe -o C:\TextureCache\test1.tx 
>>> \\?\UNC\produktion\dfs\very...long...path\Raumplan.png
>>> 
>>> This can be tested locally with this lines:
>>> maketx.exe -o C:\TextureCache\test1.tx \\?\C:\image.png
>>> maketx.exe -o C:\TextureCache\test2.tx C:\image.png
>>> 
>>> The error message we get is:
>>> ImageInput::create() called with malformed filename
>>> 
>>> Now comes the interesting part:
>>> Since we use the maketx from Arnold renderer, I only have these two 
>>> versions to compare but:
>>> 
>>> This was not a problem in maketx from OIIO 1.7.7
>>> 
>>> It is a problem in the version of OIIO 2.1 (or earlier somtime between 
>>> 1.7.7 and 2.1)
>>>  
>>> Any ideas?
>>> 
>>> haggi
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