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Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 17:00:15 -0500
From: John Peacock <jpeacock AT rowman DOT com>
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To: Roland Glenn McIntosh <roland AT steeltorch DOT com>
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Subject: Re: aux.c special name?
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Roland Glenn McIntosh wrote:
> 
> I can't seem to edit any files named "aux.c" .  Why is this happening to me?
> Steps to reproduce:
> 
> echo "weidness" > aux.c
> vi aux.c   --> "aux.c is not a file"
> 
> similar results with other editors / operations.
> the "file" command reports it as character special device?
> This is weird and poses difficulty porting packages that have an aux.c file.

AUX is a reserved word under DOS based systems (oddly enough including NT).
So is PRN and LPT1.  You cannot have any file with that name (try it in a
DOS box).  Stupid, isn't it.  There is no way to get around it.

John

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