the claim that the devices are in the directories and thus the file system is still false. even if explorer has some unnecessary code. and plan 9 is not immune from unnecessary weird bits e.g. the export protocol.
- erik Kurt H Maier <k...@sciops.net> wrote: >Quoting erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net>: > >>> > cifs is Windows, i think. >>> > If this is the case, then you may run into the issue of implicit >>> > filenames. Search «aux tale», or browse >>> > <heirloom.sourceforge.net/mailx_aux_c.html>. >> >> as entertaining as this is, is isn't true for dos. there >> are no device files on dos in *any* directory. they >> are a fiction of the executive. now the effect may >> be the same if you're using command.com, but >> explorer should be able to deal with that file name. >> >> - erik > >Most certainly not the case -- in explorer (even on Windows 7), File >-> New -> Text Document, then try to name it 'con' and you get a >dialog box with "The specified device name is invalid." > >There are actual real reasons we hate DOS and Windows, remember? > >khm > > >
