docs: mention that network/unc paths are supported in local filesystem on windows

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albertony 2021-05-04 16:20:59 +02:00
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### Paths on Windows ### ### Paths on Windows ###
On Windows there are many ways of specifying a path to a file system resource. On Windows there are many ways of specifying a path to a file system resource.
Both absolute paths like `C:\path\to\wherever`, and relative paths like Local paths can be absolute, like `C:\path\to\wherever`, or relative,
`..\wherever` can be used, and path separator can be either like `..\wherever`. Network paths in UNC format, `\\server\share`, are also supported.
`\` (as in `C:\path\to\wherever`) or `/` (as in `C:/path/to/wherever`). Path separator can be either `\` (as in `C:\path\to\wherever`) or `/` (as in `C:/path/to/wherever`).
Length of these paths are limited to 259 characters for files and 247 Length of these paths are limited to 259 characters for files and 247
characters for directories, but there is an alternative extended-length characters for directories, but there is an alternative extended-length
path format increasing the limit to (approximately) 32,767 characters. path format increasing the limit to (approximately) 32,767 characters.