>> "AUX" is (was) a reserved "filename" in DOS. The Linux MS-DOS
>> filesystem preserves (protects) that. The extension part does not
>> matter; it only checks the first 8 characters of the filename.
>> You'll need to use a different filesystem or filename...
>
>But this is VFAT, not FAT. It should probably take the reserved name
>and mangle it.
>
NAK. How much more names will you be going to mangle because of FAT
character restrictions? (< and > are one of the chars not allowed in FAT.)
>There should be more than that. At the very least there is "CLOCK$"
>(arguably anything with $), "MSCD001" (and probably more than 001), as
>well as "COM5".."COM8".
>
Objection too. You can create these files without a problem within Win98,
so it shall remain possible under Linux too.
Jan Engelhardt
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