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Subject: Re: Why the rash of people bypassing setup.exe to install?
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 01:14:54 -0000
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> Actually, just creating a file named 'con' would probably be easier.

Isn't 'con' a reserved name in windows? I'm pretty sure you wouldn't be able
to extract it from the tar archive.


Regards,

Elfyn McBratney
elfyn AT exposure DOT org DOT uk
www.exposure.org.uk



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