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Date:	Fri, 7 Jan 2000 23:11:36 -0800
From:	Geoffrey Noer <noer AT cygnus DOT com>
To:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>, cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject:	Re: device names tidbit
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In-Reply-To:	<20000107193521.A26032@cygnus.com>; from Chris Faylor on Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 07:35:21PM -0500

On Fri, Jan 07, 2000, Chris Faylor wrote:
[...]
> I would be really interested in hearing opinions on this.  Should we
> open files in such a way that we can create an "aux" or a "com"?
> Should this be the default?

I tend to think this might be a bad idea.  Plus, I don't recall seeing
complaints about this for a long time so I'm not convinced the
potential headache is worth it.

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Geoffrey Noer		Email: noer AT cygnus DOT com
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