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Date:	Mon, 10 Jan 2000 19:06:58 -0500
From:	Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
To:	"Parker, Ron" <rdparker AT butlermfg DOT org>
Cc:	"'cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" <cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com>
Subject:	Re: device names tidbit
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In-Reply-To:	<200001102315.PAA12812@cygnus.com>; from rdparker@butlermfg.org on Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 05:14:54PM -0600

On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 05:14:54PM -0600, Parker, Ron wrote:
>Just curious what MS tools you are referring to.  The command line tools
>handle it just fine using the prefix.  This includes attrib, del, file
>redirection and others.  It is only the shell, Explorer, that I recall
>choking when you try to delete these files.  I have seen a number of
>applications create filenames that Explorer could not delete.

The issue is not that tools would be able to take the the syntax.  I
don't want to be in a position of explaining hundreds of times that the
"aux" file has to be accessed in a special way.

And, as a few people have wailed about on the cygwin mailing list,
Explorer doesn't operate on the files very well.

cgf

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