[m-rev.] for review: library changes for `mmc --make' on Windows

Fergus Henderson fjh at cs.mu.OZ.AU
Mon Jul 21 11:22:41 AEST 2003


On 20-Jul-2003, Simon Taylor <stayl at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> +	% dir__path_name_is_root_directory(PathName)
> +	%
> +	% On Unix, '/' is the only root directory.
> +	% On Windows, a root directory is one of the following:
> +	%	'X:\', which specifies the root directory of drive X,
> +	%		where X is any letter.
> +	%	'\', which specifies the root directory of the current drive.
> +	%	'\\server\share\', which specifies a UNC root directory for
> +	%		a network drive.

What does UNC stand for?  It's probably worth putting the full spelling
in parentheses for the benefit of users who are not familiar with this term.

Otherwise, that looks great now -- thanks!

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