On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Shawn Anderson wrote:

>
> Actually :-D On this one I just have to add a comment.  As far as NT is
> concerned the \\\\?\\  is the correct way to access files (any files) =
> that
> are absolute paths.  The traditional "c:\" is from the world of DOS and
> doesn't support anything of 255 characters.  By adding the \\\\?\\ to =
> it,
> you have somewhere in the range of 65355 characters.
>
> So if you really want to be picky, all file io on WinNT should use the
> prefix.
>
> That said -- what a pain in the [EMAIL PROTECTED]@! :) For something so simple as 
> file =
> io.

MAIL_ROOT="\\?\c:\MailRoot"



- Davide

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