Mailing-List: contact cygwin-developers-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-developers-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin-developers AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 10:08:22 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: FW: pubdestroyer2001.exe via anonymous FTP? Message-ID: <20010928100822.C23062@cygbert.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygdev Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com References: <20010928014544 DOT F32646 AT redhat DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010928014544.F32646@redhat.com>; from cgf@redhat.com on Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 01:45:44AM -0400 On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 01:45:44AM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 02:48:33PM +1000, Robert Collins wrote: > >This suggests to me that (as a faaaaar off when-time-happens) we might > >be able to handle some of the tricky things like source dirs called > >"aux" by redirecting the posix name aux to \\.\.....\aux. > > > >Anyway, not planning to do this now, or expecting anyone else to, just > >mailing so the concept is in the archives. > > Yeah, it's been mentioned before. I don't believe that syntax works on > Windows 9x, though, does it? That syntax is only supported by NT. \\.\ is the mapping of the NT internal \??\ namespace into the Win32 namespace. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat, Inc.