[Gnu-arch-users] Re: Trying out the new escaping version...

[David A. Wheeler]

Under Windows, the prefix \\ has special meanings.
For example, \\<server>\<share> is an important way
to access a file on computer "server" in its "share" directory.
Details at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/base/naming_a_file.asp

This will cause serious problems if "\" is used for another purpose.
It would be bizarre if a user had to enter
tla add \\\\server\share\stuff

Also, is the special-casing of "\" going to cause trouble on Windows?
What about filenames beginning with a number (like "1"), can you
refer to them as "directory\1"?

--- David A. Wheeler