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Re: aux.c special name?
- To: Roland Glenn McIntosh <roland at steeltorch dot com>
- Subject: Re: aux.c special name?
- From: John Peacock <jpeacock at rowman dot com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 17:00:15 -0500
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- References: <5.1.0.14.2.20011112152302.068ffc18@lnxmain>
Roland Glenn McIntosh wrote:
>
> I can't seem to edit any files named "aux.c" . Why is this happening to me?
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> echo "weidness" > aux.c
> vi aux.c --> "aux.c is not a file"
>
> similar results with other editors / operations.
> the "file" command reports it as character special device?
> This is weird and poses difficulty porting packages that have an aux.c file.
AUX is a reserved word under DOS based systems (oddly enough including NT).
So is PRN and LPT1. You cannot have any file with that name (try it in a
DOS box). Stupid, isn't it. There is no way to get around it.
John
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