Ankush Grover wrote:
An Indian discovered that nobody can create a New folder anywhere with
a name - "con" on Microsoft Windows.
This is something pretty cool...and unbelievable... At Microsoft the
whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn't answer why this happened!
Thanks and Regards,
Ankush Grover
PS: This mail is not sent to promote Microsoft Windows .
I would think that it is probably something left over from the old "copy
con outfile" command (which is similar in function to cat > outfile). In
this case, "con" is a special 'console' device...
From: http://www.melbpc.org.au/pcupdate/9200/9207article3.htm
<quote>
CON is a reserved word that DOS uses to refer to the STANDARD INPUT
(Jargonese for Keyboard) and STANDARD OUTPUT (More jargonese for Monitor).
</quote>
Steve
