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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 13:28:43 -0400
To: Cygwin AT Sourceware DOT Cygnus DOT Com
Subject: Re: special handling of special names (Was: cvs available for test)
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In-Reply-To: <8525692E.0058AA2F.00@nyc-ntgw-n01.ny.jpmorgan.com>; from yap_noel@jpmorgan.com on Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 12:08:31PM -0400

On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 12:08:31PM -0400, Noel L Yap wrote:
>OK, I (finally) see what the real issue is.  IMHO, since Cygwin specially
>handles names like /dev/null and /dev/tty already, I see no reason why it
>shouldn't specially handle names like AUX, PRN, ...

Well, there you go, then.  Problem solved.

That was easy.

cgf

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