Add an examples of using UNC path in path.repo

Closes #12665
2015-08-12 12:33:07 -04:00 · 2015-08-12 12:33:07 -04:00 · bec07a7eb5
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--- a/docs/reference/modules/snapshots.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/modules/snapshots.asciidoc
@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ Assuming that the shared filesystem is mounted to `/mount/backups/my_backup`, th
 path.repo: ["/mount/backups", "/mount/longterm_backups"]
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+The `path.repo` setting supports Microsoft Windows UNC paths as long as at least server name and share are specified as
+a prefix and back slashes are properly escaped:
+
+[source,yaml]
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+repo.path: ["\\\\MY_SERVER\\Snapshots"]
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+
 After all nodes are restarted, the following command can be used to register the shared file system repository with
 the name `my_backup`: