Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:55:23 -0800 (PST) | From | Vadim Lobanov <> | Subject | Re: VFAT: Can't create file named 'aux.h'? |
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On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >>>>You're confusing characters which aren't legal *VFAT* names which those > >>>>which > >>>>aren't legal *FAT* (8.3) names. > >>> > >>>Could you please name an illegal FAT name being legal VFAT name? > >> > >>"Green Furry Submarine" > >> > > > > Ah well. But aux.h is also forbidden under VFAT, is not it? Or no, because > > it's "just" an 8.3 name? > > > > It probably depends on how picky you want to be. As far as I know, even > NT will recognize a character device name without leaving \DEV\, even > though \DEV\ has been the "official" device prefix since DOS 2.0. > > Probably it would be worth trying to create "aux.h" under XP and see > what happens. Unfortunately I don't have a 'doze system handy at the > moment.
Fails silently.
> -hpa > > -
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