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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 08:58:05 -0400
From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: RHIDE crashes without traceback. [solved!]
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, Endlisnis wrote:
> >     But the odd part is that it is preceded by a drive letter.  So I don't
> > understand why it would be looking for a UNC.
> You need to realize how does Windows (and DOS) process file names.  The
> first step is always to canonicalize the file name.  After this step,
> all file names have drive letters, because the canonicalization adds it.

Ya, I overlooked that.  But a simple test shows it:

cd \\Machine\share
goes to
C:\Mahine\share

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