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From: "Guettich, Ulrich, OPM2" <Ulrich DOT Guettich AT eads DOT com>
To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Prn lpt1 nul aux ...Win Xp
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 13:42:46 +0200
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> Hi,
>> 
>> I have recognized that files named "aux", "lpt1", "nul", "prn" ... (old
DOS
>> devices) generated under Cygwin on a XP OS cannot be deleted anymore:
>> 
>> rm: cannot unlink `prn': Permission denied
>> 
>> Why? How to get rid of them?
>
>It's a bug in 1.5.10 that these files can be created.  That will be fixed
>in the next version.
>
>In the meantime, build the below source with
>
>  gcc ntdel.c -o ntdel -lntdll
>
>Let's say, the directory in which you created "nul" is C:\your\dir, then
>you should get rid of that file with
>
>  ntdel c:/your/dir/nul
>
>Corinna

Works fine. Thanks!

Ulrich

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