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Hello again,

* On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 10:07:00PM +0200 Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Apr  6 15:14, Lee D. Rothstein wrote:

> > Can't have any files named [aA][uU][xX] dot *anything* in Windows, or  
> > anything dot [aA][uU][xX].
> 
> Incorrect.  This is a restriction in the Win32 API,

This is incorrect, too. This is *not* a restriction of the Win32 API; it
is a restriction that only applies if programs do not use the "full"
name, prepended with "\\.\". This restriction is there for backwards
compatibility for programs which do not expect the new behaviour, and
which are restricted in their path length to PATH_MAX.

 
> > On so-called 16-bit windows systems this could cause a system crash. I  
> > learned this the hard way.
> 
> Cygwin 1.7 doesn't support 16-bit OSes.

Did Cygwin support any 16 bit Windows at any time? I can't remember a
Cygwin for DOS, or a Cygwin for Windows 2.03. ;)
 
Best regards,
Spiro.

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