From: "John Stoffel" <john@stoffel.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: VFAT: Can't create file named 'aux.h'?
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:57:25 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <17440.23205.489606.464029@smtp.charter.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <442050C8.1020200@zytor.com>
>>>>> "H" == H Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> writes:
H> It probably depends on how picky you want to be. As far as I know,
H> even NT will recognize a character device name without leaving
H> \DEV\, even though \DEV\ has been the "official" device prefix
H> since DOS 2.0.
H> Probably it would be worth trying to create "aux.h" under XP and
H> see what happens. Unfortunately I don't have a 'doze system handy
H> at the moment.
Unfortunately I do. The desktop won't let me create a file named
'aux' or 'aux.h' at all. I tried fooling it with 'auxx' and then
renaming it it 'aux' but it won't let me using the mouse stuff.
Still wouldn't let me create that name from the 'cmd' shell either.
John
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-03-21 19:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-03-20 21:40 Dirk Reiners
2006-03-20 21:45 ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-03-20 21:50 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-03-21 7:57 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
2006-03-21 17:41 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-03-21 17:44 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-03-21 17:58 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-03-21 18:07 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-03-21 18:11 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-03-21 18:54 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-03-21 19:06 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-03-21 19:15 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-03-21 19:55 ` Vadim Lobanov
2006-03-21 20:05 ` Hua Zhong
2006-03-21 19:57 ` John Stoffel [this message]
2006-03-21 20:02 ` Phillip Susi
2006-03-21 21:20 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-03-22 19:39 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2006-03-22 21:59 ` Phillip Susi
2006-03-22 22:22 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-03-23 1:15 ` Phillip Susi
[not found] ` <442286CD.6070200@lsrfire.ath.cx>
2006-03-23 14:56 ` OGAWA Hirofumi
2006-03-22 21:57 ` Ulrich Mueller
2006-03-21 21:04 ` Paul Jackson
2006-03-21 4:28 ` Phillip Susi
2006-03-21 5:24 ` Randy.Dunlap
2006-03-20 21:46 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-03-21 5:49 ` Yaroslav Rastrigin
2006-03-21 11:46 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-03-21 15:06 ` Phillip Susi
2006-03-21 15:18 ` Phillip Susi
2006-03-21 17:43 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-03-20 22:07 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
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