Tom H wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > //hostname/some/path/file <- not portable > > /some//path////file <- should be portable > > Thanks. Learning basic stuff after so many years! :) Oh, and I should also say that three or more at the start should be okay too. It is only exactly two at the start that is special. ///some//path////file <- should be portable ////some//path////file <- should be portable This is one of those standards that codified existing behavior. It wasn't a design. It just froze into place what had already been in place previously and nailed it to the ground. Regardless of the above saying this is allowed I always try to reduce paths to canonical form. Things are so much less trouble that way. Bob
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