Re: [Mingw-users] Re:windows paths

[Earnie B. <ea...@us...>]

Posted on DATE by AUTHOR Steve Lee
>>The other mismatch is that unix has a single root but DOS/windows
>>has each drive letter as a root.
>
> For completeness I should have also have mentioned that on a Windows
> network UNC names (\\server\share) are also possible roots. Not sure
> if MSYS handles them so could need to map a drive first.
>

Yes and no.  You can map the share in the /etc/fstab file without first
mapping it to a drive letter.  However, it doesn't behave correctly so it
is better to map to a drive letter.  Patches, welcome.

Earnie