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Date:	Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:54:23 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: open() giving ENOENT when trying to create files with control chars
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On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 08:17:18AM -0800, Brian Dessent wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>but I don't think we should ever go down the path of blithely creating
>>files with special characters by default.
>
>Now, now...  what better way to embrace WJM at its finest than for
>Cygwin to randomly and inexplicably litter stray "CON" or "you can't
>delete me .  .  .  " files all over the place that steadfastly refuse
>to be deleted by any windows tools?

That's a good point.  It is rather fun to chortle and point at the poor
saps who managed to create these files using our special tools and then
fall back on the "Well, it's just like linux!  Nyah!  Nyah!" response.

cgf

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