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Re: file called aux
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: Anders Musikka <anders dot musikka at tele2 dot se>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 18:20:21 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: file called aux
- References: <APELKMJGEKLHONLAFNACCEHACEAA.anders.musikka@tele2.se>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, Anders Musikka wrote:
> 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
This came up on the list numerous times in the past, and, in fact, today.
See the thread at <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-07/msg00054.html>.
Searching the archives for "aux" would also have helped.
Igor
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