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device names tidbit
- To: cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: device names tidbit
- From: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>
- Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 16:28:59 -0500
I just ran across this in MSDN. I wonder if we should use this trick
to be able to create/delete otherwise "reserved" names?
--
Another option is to use a syntax that bypasses the normal
reserve-word checks altogether. For example, you can possibly delete
any file with a command such as:
DEL \\.\<drive letter>:\<path>\<file name>
For example:
DEL \\.\c:\somedir\aux