Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/04/09/18:20:02
> how are you creating them? using window by making a new folder/file
or
> saving as? or via the cmd?
> I know if your trying to create the files via windows gui it will
> error.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Drago" <joeroot AT gotdoofed DOT com>
> Newsgroups: gmane.os.cygwin
> To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 2:41 PM
> Subject: 1.3.10-1: Cannot create filenames starting with a period in
> XP
>
>
> > I have set up a Cygwin install on a Windows 2000 Workstation
> machine, and
> > got bash and sshd to run perfectly. I can create all regular
files,
> > including important ones like ".bashrc" in my HOME folder.
Following
> the
> > same set up, I attempted to set up the same deal on a Windows XP
Pro
> > machine, and although everything -else- works, creating a filename
> in with a
> > period (such as .bashrc) is nearly impossible.
> >
> > So far, the only way I have found to circumvent it is that "mv"
will
> allow
> > me to rename a file and add a period to the front, but this is not
> good
> > enough, as vim complains about the swap/recovery file every time I
> edit one
> > of these files.
> >
> > Is there a setting in Windows XP that I am not aware of, or is
this
> a
> > limitation with NTFS? My W2K machine runs W2K's FAT32, and
> > my XP Pro machine runs XP's NTFS (no encryption).
> >
> > I "STFW" all day, and R'd all of TFMs that I know of, and am at a
> loss.
> > Help?
> >
> > Thank you for reading this, and thanks in advance for any replies,
> >
> > Joe Drago
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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