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Re: device names tidbit
- To: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
- Subject: Re: device names tidbit
- From: Chris Faylor <cgf at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 17:32:42 -0500
- Cc: cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- References: <200001072128.QAA00354@envy.delorie.com>
On Fri, Jan 07, 2000 at 04:28:59PM -0500, DJ Delorie wrote:
>
>I just ran across this in MSDN. I wonder if we should use this trick
>to be able to create/delete otherwise "reserved" names?
Yeah, I knew about this. I am leery of introducing something into the
filesystem which can't be manipulated by normal Microsoft tools.
Maybe it's a configuration option candidate?
cgf