Mail Archives: cygwin/2000/10/04/17:33:32
On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 05:27:14PM -0400, Noel L Yap wrote:
>I'm not sure if this turbulence should apply to filenames such as "aux.c".
I think you inadvertently sent this to the wrong mailing list.
You probably meant to send this to the "billgates AT microsoft DOT com" mailing
list.
cgf
>cgf AT cygnus DOT com on 2000.10.04 17:14:57
>
>Please respond to cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
>
>To: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
>cc: (bcc: Noel L Yap)
>Subject: Re: File names start with aux
>
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>
>On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 03:10:27PM -0600, urs muff wrote:
>>I try to create a file called aux.c or aux.h and the latest version of
>>cygwin does not allow that. If I make a 'ls' on aux, aux.c, aux.h, aux.* I
>>will always get 'crw-r--r-- 0 everyone Everyone 0, 0 Dec 31 1969
>>aux.c'. Is this a known issue? Is there a workaround? All commands trying
>>to read from files like that are just stalling. (Probably trying to read
>>from the COM port).
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>
>Welcome to Windows. Hope you enjoy the ride.
>
>You may notice slight turbulence when attempting to use such filenames
>as "com1", "aux", "lpt1", "prn", and others. Please keep your hands and
>feet on your keyboard during this time.
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