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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@is.elta.co.il> writes:

> >     CMD.EXE was started with '\\linux\linux\var\oldwww\html\basic'
> >     as the current directory path.  UNC paths are not supported.
> >     Defaulting to Windows directory.
> 
> That's the first time I hear about a Windows system where CMD.EXE doesn't 
> support UNCs.

cmd.exe does not support UNC paths as the current working directory.
It supports them everywhere else AFAIK.