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Re: DOS Special Names


At 03:29 PM 6/5/2002, Michael Eager wrote:
>I've run into a problem creating a regular file with the name 
>COM20000.  I can create this file from Windows, either using 
>fopen() or in a Command window, but not when using Cygwin.  
>Windows does prevent creating files named COMx, where x is a 
>single digit.   
>
>The code in winsup/cygwin/path.cc checks to see if the file
>name is COM followed by any integer, not just a single digit.
>Is this intentional or an error?  
>
>Shouldn't Cygwin check to see if there is an installed driver
>named COM (or AUX, etc.) rather than just assume that all COMxxxx
>are supposed to be devices?

I agree that it makes sense for Cygwin not to restrict more file names 
than Windows does.  Feel free to submit a patch for this, if you're so 
inclined.


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