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

[Vadim Lobanov <vlobanov@speakeasy.net>]

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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