Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 10:46:30 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Andris Pavenis wrote:

> 	2) try to open  C:\/foo   (I know the name is bad, but Windows
>            likes to say it cannot create file only after about 5 seconds)

Probably because C:\/foo is first converted into C:\\foo, and that looks 
to Windows like a UNC, so it goes out to search the network...