>>Afterwards, I stumbled across some info here:
>>http://blog.wisefaq.com/2016/01/26/nocscno-client-side-caching/
>>with regards to adding the $NOCSC$ suffix that could be added to the hostname when accessing a share and bypassing the local cache. I didn't get a chance to see if this might've helped in the situation I'd run into.
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>Very interesting.
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>TBH I've never seen a use case for offline files. That said, this is good to know for troubleshooting.

This is pure evil. The use case for it would be a concrete case, with rebar and everything, at least ten tons of concrete, sink into the ocean.