On 4/15/2020 1:39 PM, Paul Moore via Cygwin wrote:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/io/file-path-formats
Look for "DOS device paths"
Thanks. That's \\?\C:\... and what I'm seeing is \??\C:\...
Is that just a typo/bug? That's the discrepancy that was confusing me :-(
A bug.
If setup.exe stores those paths, then its a bug there.
You could have tested that easily, on a cmd window:
C:\Users\reneb>dir \\?\C:\
Volume in drive \\?\C: is OS
Volume Serial Number is 922E-C431
Directory of \\?\C:
12/09/2019 02:52 PM <DIR> Apps
01/04/2020 03:11 PM <DIR> Boot
04/05/2020 12:12 PM <DIR> cygwin64
...
12/24/2019 08:09 PM <DIR> Users
04/14/2020 05:45 PM <DIR> Windows
0 File(s) 0 bytes
14 Dir(s) 0 bytes free
C:\Users\reneb>dir \?\C:\
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
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