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Re: aux.c special name?
- To: Roland Glenn McIntosh <roland at steeltorch dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Subject: Re: aux.c special name?
- From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 16:38:43 -0500
At 03:27 PM 11/12/2001, 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.
The FAQ is your friend! ;-)
What about DOS special filenames?
http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC58
Check the email archives too if you want to catch all the details of the
multiple discussions on this subject.
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