From: mh@mike.franken.de (Michael Hirmke) Subject: Re: phantom file "aux" under bash b19 5 Apr 1998 19:29:57 -0700 Message-ID: <6rJJkeBKpfB.cygnus.gnu-win32@mike.franken.de> References: <199804031907.OAA00738@scotch.mae.cornell.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Hi Daniel, > >I couldn't find any reference to this in the FAQ: > >Under bash, b19, there is a phantom file "aux" that does not exist, >but affects things such as "ls" and "tar". aux is the a standard DOS "device" representing the keyboard. You can't create, delete oder modify it with regular means. There are a few of those special files: con, com, lpt, ... Bye. Michael. -- Michael Hirmke | Telefon +49 (911) 557999 Georg-Strobel-Strasse 81 | FAX +49 (911) 557664 90489 Nuernberg | E-Mail mailto:mh@mike.franken.de | WWW http://minimike.franken.de/ - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".