Re: UNC file names

[Knute Snortum]

>
> > My tests on Windows 10 indicate that lilypond.exe can't handle UNC
> > notation.  This is true even of a local file.
> >
> > First I "type" the file and it works fine with UNC.  Then I try to launch
> > LilyPond with the same file name and it can't find the file.
> >
> > Bug or future feature?
> >
>
> We had a few Windows-related issue - I think they are still needing some
> documentation in the 'running' doc - where some commands needed double
> quotes around the 'path to file name' and some single quotes.
>
> Could you try that and see if that helps?
>

No combination of slash or quote types worked for me.

C:\Users\Knute\Desktop
>lilypond "//KNUTE-HP/Users/Knute/Desktop/test.ly"
GNU LilyPond 2.19.81
warning: cannot find file: `//KNUTE-HP/Users/Knute/Desktop/test.ly'
fatal error: failed files: "//KNUTE-HP/Users/Knute/Desktop/test.ly"

C:\Users\Knute\Desktop
>lilypond '//KNUTE-HP/Users/Knute/Desktop/test.ly'
GNU LilyPond 2.19.81
warning: cannot find file: `'//KNUTE-HP/Users/Knute/Desktop/test.ly''
fatal error: failed files: "'//KNUTE-HP/Users/Knute/Desktop/test.ly'"

C:\Users\Knute\Desktop
>lilypond '\\KNUTE-HP\Users\Knute\Desktop\test.ly'
GNU LilyPond 2.19.81
warning: cannot find file: `'\\KNUTE-HP\Users\Knute\Desktop\test.ly''
fatal error: failed files: "'\\\\KNUTE-HP\\Users\\Knute\\Desktop\\test.ly'"

C:\Users\Knute\Desktop
>lilypond "\\KNUTE-HP\Users\Knute\Desktop\test.ly"
GNU LilyPond 2.19.81
warning: cannot find file: `\\KNUTE-HP\Users\Knute\Desktop\test.ly'
fatal error: failed files: "\\\\KNUTE-HP\\Users\\Knute\\Desktop\\test.ly"

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