tar, scp hang after upgrades

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

At 06:22 PM 6/9/2002, Dockeen wrote:
>Larry, I had one of those head slapping moments a week and a half
>ago.  A piece of scientific code would not untar.  I found that
>it was trying to create a directory called aux.  Silly me, I did
>a little experiment from windows, in which I tried to create a
>directory names aux, and it would not do it.  THEN, I went to the
>windows documentation and saw about the reserved nature of aux.
>
>Bottom line: You can't even name a directory aux!


Yes, Windows is fun! ;-)



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