From: cgf AT cygnus DOT com (Christopher G. Faylor)
Subject: Re: FW: Special Filenames AUX, CON, etc.
11 Apr 1998 21:27:58 -0400
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References: <01BD6548 DOT A29CAEF0 AT sos> <3 DOT 0 DOT 5 DOT 32 DOT 19980411153134 DOT 00a24770 DOT cygnus DOT cygwin32 DOT developers AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com>

In article <3 DOT 0 DOT 5 DOT 32 DOT 19980411153134 DOT 00a24770 DOT cygnus DOT cygwin32 DOT developers AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com>,
Larry Hall <lhall AT rfk DOT com> 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.

I wonder if opening the files in "posix mode" works around this, too.

If I have a chance, I'll check out the \\?\ syntax but I do seem to recall
that it doesn't work on Windows 95.
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