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Re: maildir file names illegal on cygwin?
- From: "Cliff Hones" <cliff at aonix dot co dot uk>
- To: "Tony Arnold" <tony dot arnold at man dot ac dot uk>, <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 16:47:01 +0100
- Subject: Re: maildir file names illegal on cygwin?
- Organization: Aonix Europe Ltd.
- References: <31CB870AD5AA384BB5419025DD9F7A841042ED@dailymail.cfs.ac.uk>
> > Are colons ':' illegal in cygwin file names? Every filename I
> > try to touch with a colon in it, backslashed or not, returns
> > this message:
>
> Remember the underlying file system is a Windows one (FAT or NTFS) and
> that uses : to separate drive letter from file name, so I suspect it is
> not allowed in Windows file names.
On NTFS a file can contain multiple data streams. The syntax for
a secondary stream is <filename>:<streamname>. However, not all
windows apps understand the syntax.
For example, try the following in a DOS or CMD box:
copy <some-text-file> example
type <another-text-file> > example:subfile
more < example
more < example:subfile
[The syntax is understood by CMD file redirection, but not by COPY.]
See:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q105763
-- Cliff
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