throw new SmbException("Path must not start with double slash: " + path);
        }

        try ( SmbSessionImpl sess = getSmbSession(ctx, targetHost, targetDomain);
              SmbTransportImpl transport = sess.getTransport();
              SmbTreeImpl ipc = sess.getSmbTree("IPC$", null) ) {

            DfsReferralRequestBuffer dfsReq = new DfsReferralRequestBuffer(path, 3);

     * the expression begins with one or more '?'s then exactly that
     * many characters will be matched whereas if it ends with '?'s
     * it will match that many characters <i>or less</i>.
     * <p>
     * Wildcard expressions will not filter workgroup names or server names.
     *
     * <blockquote>
     * 
     * <pre>
     * winnt&gt; ls c?o*