From: andrewd AT axonet DOT com DOT au (Andrew Dalgleish)
Subject: RE: New winsup snapshot 9/14/98
20 Sep 1998 16:17:53 -0700
Message-ID: <91A8FD196436D1118EC2006008186C960D2AE7.cygnus.cygwin32.developers@server1.axonet.com.au>
To: jeffdb AT goodnet DOT com, cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	jeffdbREMOVETHIS AT goodnet DOT com [SMTP:jeffdbREMOVETHIS AT goodnet DOT com]
> Sent:	1998 September 19, Saturday 11:42
> To:	cygwin32-developers AT cygnus DOT com
> Subject:	Re: New winsup snapshot 9/14/98
> 
> What's wrong with
> 
> . -rwxrwxrwx bash.exe
> . lrwxrwxrwx bash.exe  bin sh
> Two spaces word separator 1 space dir separator for links or maybe #
> for dir seperator
> . drwxrwsrws usr/
> . cr--r--r-- tty1
> 
> files begining with a .SPACE are illegal under win32 anyway
> try creating .SPACE.bashrc in explorer or a regular DOS box ;^)
[Andrew Dalgleish]  
You can create files beginning with ". ".
I am using NT4SP3

C:\>copy con: ". .bashrc"
this is a test
^Z
        1 file(s) copied.

C:\>dir .*
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 0079-CAAE

 Directory of C:\

98/09/21  09:03                     16 . .bashrc
               1 File(s)             16 bytes
                          1,071,875,072 bytes free