erik quanstrom <quans...@quanstro.net> wrote:
|> > 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.
Oh, sorry, my last Windows was 95B... I still have this old
Cyrix around, but .. it's been a long time.
Likely you are right -- but i guess Gunnar Ritter is just trying
to make it what he thinks is a "haptic experience" for Windows
users.
|- erik
--steffen
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> > 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
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