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From: phepworth AT s-vision DOT com (Paul Hepworth)
Subject: RE: phantom file "aux" under bash b19
6 Apr 1998 23:54:35 -0700 :
Message-ID: <00D7B108BAFFD011B66D00A0C903629C17405B.cygnus.gnu-win32@el-postino.s-vision.com>
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To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

> aux is the a standard DOS "device" representing the keyboard.
> You can't create, delete oder modify it with regular means.
> 
Actually, AUX is the name of the first serial port, generally the same as
COM1.
The keyboard is part of CON.
Either way, though, these special names can be a pain.


Paul

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