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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 18:08:50 -0500
To: "Parker, Ron" <rdparker AT butlermfg DOT org>
Cc: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>, cygwin-developers AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: device names tidbit
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In-Reply-To: <200001102304.PAA11000@cygnus.com>; from rdparker@butlermfg.org on Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 04:59:23PM -0600

On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 04:59:23PM -0600, Parker, Ron wrote:
>Their is another version of this syntax uses a '?' inplace of the '.'. For
>example:
>	DEL \\?\c:\somedir\aux
>
>I seem to recall that this only works on NT.  I may be wrong, but I vaguely
>recall working on a winsup patch that used this under NT.  (It was not a
>complete solution, so I never submitted it.)  It is the same mechanism that
>allows us to use "\\.\a:" for raw floppy access in CYGWIN under NT.

I'm unclear as to why you are mentioning this.  AFAIK, this does not provide
any more utility than the method that DJ mentioned.

cgf