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From: "Anders Musikka" <anders DOT musikka AT tele2 DOT se>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: file called aux
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 00:11:40 +0200
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cygwin allows a user to create a file called aux, like this:

echo something >aux

This file cannot be removed. (the filename is reserved under windows.)

Cygwin should probably not allow the creation of a file with this name.

/Anders Musikka


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