From:	karipid AT mae DOT cornell DOT edu (Daniel Karipides)
Subject:	phantom file "aux" under bash b19
4 Apr 1998 20:23:56 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<199804031907.OAA00738.cygnus.gnu-win32@scotch.mae.cornell.edu>
To:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

I couldn't find any reference to this in the FAQ:

Under bash, b19, there is a phantom file "aux" that does not exist,
but affects things such as "ls" and "tar".

As an example:

  bash-2.01$ ls -l aux
  crw-r--r--   0 0        everyone   0,   0 Dec 31  1969 aux

This works in any directory.  One cannot name other files "aux".  The
command:

  touch aux

hangs the shell.

I hope this information is useful.

-Dan
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