Messages in this thread | | | From | "Hua Zhong" <> | Subject | RE: VFAT: Can't create file named 'aux.h'? | Date | Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:05:55 -0800 |
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It's more "treating aux.* the same way as aux". It doesn't fail per se. If you do "echo test >con.h", it will print to the screen.
> -----Original Message----- > From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel- > owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Vadim Lobanov > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 11:55 AM > To: H. Peter Anvin > Cc: Jan Engelhardt; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: VFAT: Can't create file named 'aux.h'? > > 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 > > > > - > > Vadim Lobanov > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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