From: noer@cygnus.com (Geoffrey Noer)
Subject: Beta 18 timeframe, UNC path support
1 Apr 1997 23:33:30 -0800
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Tom Yonkman wrote:
> 
>      Just started using the gnu-win32 package and wonder if ls and friends 
>      can handle the UNC path syntax in some way? This would allow access to 
>      machines in my "Network Neighborhood", as the explorer so quaintly 
>      puts it.

UNC pathname support will be included in beta 18.

Also, I expect that the timeframe for beta 18 should be weeks rather than
months.

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Geoffrey Noer
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