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Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:35:46 -0400
From:	Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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To:	=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Maur=EDcio?= <briqueabraque AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: "aux" file everywhere
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Maurício wrote:
>   Hi,
> 
>   Using bash in cygwin, inside any directory in my Windows 2000 machine, 
> if I type:
> 
>   ls -l aux
> 
> I get:
> 
>   ----------    0 ???????? ????????        0 Dec 31  1969 aux
> 
>   What is that aux file? I learned about that when I tried to create a 
> file named aux myself and got errors.


It's a reserved file name in Windows.  You won't be able to create
a file with that name, although the upcoming Cygwin version 1.5.x
will provide a way to do so in restricted directories.


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