File names start with aux

Chris Faylor cgf@cygnus.com
Wed Oct 4 14:16:00 GMT 2000


On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 03:10:27PM -0600, urs muff wrote:
>I try to create a file called aux.c or aux.h and the latest version of
>cygwin does not allow that.  If I make a 'ls' on aux, aux.c, aux.h, aux.* I
>will always get 'crw-r--r--   0 everyone Everyone   0,   0 Dec 31  1969
>aux.c'.  Is this a known issue?  Is there a workaround?  All commands trying
>to read from files like that are just stalling.  (Probably trying to read
>from the COM port).
>
>Thanks in advance,

Welcome to Windows.  Hope you enjoy the ride.

You may notice slight turbulence when attempting to use such filenames
as "com1", "aux", "lpt1", "prn", and others.  Please keep your hands and
feet on your keyboard during this time.

cgf

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