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Date:	Tue, 01 Aug 2000 00:38:06 -0400
From:	Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To:	cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com, kirben AT bigfoot DOT com
Subject:	Re: cvs available for test
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Charles Wilson wrote:
> 
> --Forwarded to the list for Travis Howell <kirben AT bigfoot DOT com>--
> 
> Any chance of making cvs avoid/skip directory/file names not allowed
> under
> Windows ? one CVS I know (eggdrop1.5) uses an AUX directory so cvs under
> cygwin fails to work with it.
> Check out http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q216/6/54.ASP
> 

Well, that's a filesystem issue and is really beyond the scope of what I
was trying to do. Is it possible that cygwin's file access functions
should transparently munge these troublesome, illegal names -- aux, prn,
etc? Or is that a really really bad idea?

--Chuck

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