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From: Andrew DeFaria <ADeFaria AT Salira DOT com>
Subject: Re: Displaying shares
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:45:51 -0700
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Christopher Faylor wrote:

> Try typing "dir \\server" at the command line. It doesn't work. That's 
> because the windows functions FindFirstFile/FindNextFile don't 
> understand shares. Neither does cygwin.

Ah ha! That makes sense.

> I'm sure that cygwin could be extended to do the right thing in this 
> case using mechanisms similar to what happens with /cygdrive. PGA.

Perhaps someday, perhaps someday...
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