RE: VFAT: Can't create file named 'aux.h'?

["Hua Zhong" <hzhong@gmail.com>]

It's more "treating aux.* the same way as aux". It doesn't fail per se. If
you do "echo test >con.h", it will print to the screen.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel-
> owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Vadim Lobanov
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 11:55 AM
> To: H. Peter Anvin
> Cc: Jan Engelhardt; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: VFAT: Can't create file named 'aux.h'?
> 
> On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
> > Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > >>>>You're confusing characters which aren't legal *VFAT* names which
> those
> > >>>>which
> > >>>>aren't legal *FAT* (8.3) names.
> > >>>
> > >>>Could you please name an illegal FAT name being legal VFAT name?
> > >>
> > >>"Green Furry Submarine"
> > >>
> > >
> > > Ah well. But aux.h is also forbidden under VFAT, is not it? Or no,
> because
> > > it's "just" an 8.3 name?
> > >
> >
> > It probably depends on how picky you want to be.  As far as I know, even
> > NT will recognize a character device name without leaving \DEV\, even
> > though \DEV\ has been the "official" device prefix since DOS 2.0.
> >
> > Probably it would be worth trying to create "aux.h" under XP and see
> > what happens.  Unfortunately I don't have a 'doze system handy at the
> > moment.
> 
> Fails silently.
> 
> > 	-hpa
> >
> > -
> 
> Vadim Lobanov
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