Opening "folder" in "find in files" displays a backslash as the root instead of a forward slash. Picky, but after all the discussion on everything going to forward slashes.
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Mark Niemiec <[email protected]> wrote: > David Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > > I tried this on Win7 and got this result: > > > > Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600] > > Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > > > C:\Users\me>dir c:\\foo\bar > > The network location cannot be reached. For information about network > > troubleshooting, see Windows Help. > > > > The response is probably dependent on your system settings. > > On DOS ever since around version 3.0 or 3.1, a leading \\ > has indicated a network pathname, somewhat like the // at the start of > URLs. > So, you can type "dir \\machinename\sharename\[subdirectory]" in a > command prompt > to access directories anywhere on your local network. > This same mechanism can be used to any OS APIs, and the J APIs accept it > (with both \\ and //) > > -- Mark D. Niemiec <[email protected]> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
