Date:	Tue, 24 Aug 1999 09:11:51 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	"Campbell, Rolf [SKY:1U32:EXCH]" <cp1v45 AT NortelNetworks DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: RHIDE crashes without traceback. [solved!]
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On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Campbell, Rolf [SKY:1U32:EXCH] wrote:

> Open Notepad.  Try to open "\\foo".  You will get a quick responce that it
> can't be opened.
> Try to open "C:\\foo" and it will wait for at least 5 seconds before telling
> you that it can't be opened.

It doesn't prove anything, just that \\foo is resolved quickly while 
C:\\foo isn't.  This is a function of the name you feed Windows and also 
of your specific network configuration.

The fact is that (as somebody here reported) during the wait the machine 
sends network packets.  Search the archives of this group, and you will 
find several reports like that.  I have just seen a message several month 
ago that reported accesses to the LAN being done by collect2 from one of 
the EGCS 1.x releases ported to DJGPP.

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