Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com From: Chris Faylor Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 21:44:32 -0500 To: Andre Oliveira da Costa Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: fopen() and CON Message-ID: <19991210214432.A4095@cygnus.com> Reply-To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Mail-Followup-To: Andre Oliveira da Costa , cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com References: <19991210162430.A2384@cygnus.com> <000201bf435a$fa78c680$8400000a@costa.cadenet.com.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <000201bf435a$fa78c680$8400000a@costa.cadenet.com.br>; from costa@cade.com.br on Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 08:07:41PM -0200 On Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 08:07:41PM -0200, Andre Oliveira da Costa wrote: >>It depends on what you mean by "should". If it was up to me, the >>answer would be "no". If it is up to Microsoft, the answer is "yes". >>Cygwin can't override the underlying OS. > >I agree with you: IMHO, fopen("CON.xxx", "w") should _not_ open the >terminal device (CON). But, thanks to Micro$oft, WYEINWYG (What You >Expect Is Not What You Get). I understand that Cygwin is bound to the >underlying OS, which, unfortunately, is a s* one. You guys are doing a >_great_ job, keep it going =) Thank you. Actually, the one that bites me all of the time is "aux". I had a directory by that name once and it was mounted on a samba partition. I could do a "dir" of the directory but I sure couldn't cd into it... cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com