Re: Slow access to files using UNC path

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: David Kastrup <address@hidden>
> Date: 18 Jul 2004 04:31:54 +0200
> 
> That's not the same.  The first matches either // or \ at the start
> of a filename, the latter matches either / or \ at the start of a
> filename.
> 
> I don't know the context, though: maybe the second actually was what
> was desired.  Or maybe it was // or \\ in which case we'd need
> (string-match "^\(//\|\\\\\\\\\)")

AFAIK, Windows behaves the same no matter if you pass it a forward
slash or a backslash.  But a UNC _must_ start with two of them, so
"^[/\\]" is not good enough.  It should be "^[/\\][/\\]" or something
similar.