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authorCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2006-12-10 16:20:43 +0000
committerCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2006-12-10 16:20:43 +0000
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* fhandler.cc (rootdir): Clarify comment.
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diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
index dfa2e2177..26ad3e96c 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
@@ -1240,8 +1240,9 @@ rootdir (const char *full_path, char *root_path)
*rootp++ = '\\';
*rootp = '\0';
- /* This determines whether reparse points are available. Reparse points
- on remote shares are not recognized by Windows. */
+ /* This determines whether reparse points are available. Volume reparse
+ points on remote shares are not recognized by Windows functions like
+ GetVoluemInformation, nor by their native NT counterparts. */
if (!wincap.has_guid_volumes () || GetDriveType (root_path) == DRIVE_REMOTE)
return root_path;