> On 14.06.2020, at 12:06, Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de> wrote:
> 
> > This would be handled in the Windows FilePlugin.
> 
> It supports UNC paths already.
> 
It actually forces them when necessary…
-t

> Best,
> Marcel
>> Am 14.06.2020 10:36:43 schrieb K K Subbu <kksubbu.ml at gmail.com>:
>> 
>> On 14/06/20 1:50 pm, Marcel Taeumel wrote:
>> > 
>> > > On Windows, you need a triple (drive, dirname, entry).
>> > 
>> > You could treat the "drive" as part of the "dirname", just like the 
>> > leading "/" on Unix for the root path. The drive letter itself could be 
>> > treated as a directory. Cygwin does this already (/cygdrive/c/...)
>> > 
>> > On Windows UNC paths  can be used to denote the "root" in a similar fashion:
>> >  \\?\C:\...
>> > 
>> > So, every path that begins with "\\" can be treated as root.
>> 
>> Yes. With UNC, Windows paths may also be treated as (container, entry) 
>> pairs. This would be handled in the Windows FilePlugin.
>> 
>> Regards .. Subbu
>> 
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