From: jeffdbREMOVETHIS AT goodnet DOT com (Mikey) Subject: Re: FW: Special Filenames AUX, CON, etc. 11 Apr 1998 21:42:54 -0700 Message-ID: <3532f9da.30001510.cygnus.gnu-win32@smtp.goodnet.com> References: <3 DOT 0 DOT 5 DOT 32 DOT 19980411153134 DOT 00a24770 AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com> Reply-To: jeffdbREMOVETHIS AT goodnet DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com win95b nope looks like current info to me ;^( W95_C:\>echo me > \\.\c:\nul File creation error W95_C:\> On Sat, 11 Apr 1998 15:31:34 -0400, you wrote: >According to the MS docs, the "\\?\" syntax is an NT thing only. Perhaps >this is now dated information. I don't know. I've heard others claiming >that just using UNC is enough to cure this problem. If that's true, I >think its better to use this capability, since it is more likely to work >for 95 as well. > >Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com >RFK Partners, Inc. (781) 239-1053 >8 Grove Street (781) 239-1655 - FAX >Wellesley, MA 02181 http://www.rfk.com > > >At 11:25 AM 4/11/98 +0400, Sergey Okhapkin wrote: >> >>Any ideas? It seems reasonable to me... >> >>---------- >>From: Spencer Low >>Sent: суббота, 11 апреля 1998 г. 6:30 >>To: sos AT prospect DOT com DOT ru >>Subject: Special Filenames AUX, CON, etc. >> >>I saw some messages on the gnu-win32 mailing list about how Windows NT >>doesn't have the capability to create/open files with special names (or >>containing special names) like AUX. I was really surprised to see that >>gnu-win32 doesn't properly open files with these funny names when the fix is >>quite easy. >> >>To create/open a file with a special name, reference it like: >> >>\\?\C:\MyDirectory\aux >> >>instead of >> >>C:\MyDirectory\aux >> >>I tried this with the gnu-win32 tools and I was able to manipulate files >>with special names with no problems. >> >>[The original purpose of the \\?\{FullPath} syntax seems to be a mechanism >>to get NT to recognize a full path longer than 255 characters] >> >>I'm not subscribed to the mailing list and I don't have time to submit a >>patch, but I thought you may be able to use this info to patch gnu-win32 if >>you have the time and energy. >> >>Thanks, >> >>Spencer [please feel free to forward this along] >>-- >>Spencer Low >> >> >> >> >> ===================================================== Linux a platform built by, and for users, standing on the firm legs of reliability, and speed. Microsoft Windows, a platform without a leg to stand on. (jeffdbREMOVETHIS AT netzone DOT com) delete REMOVETHIS from the above to reply Mikey - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".