On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: > David Fritz wrote: > > [snip] > > Also, from the patch: > > > > /* COM and LPT must be followed by a single digit */ > > > > The code in src/winsup/cygwin/devices.cc would seem to indicate that > > the number is not limited to a single digit. > > From my tests that's the behavior on 9x, so it's appropriate code for > managed mounts. > > Today on the list Igor indicated that PRN would soon regain its old > behavior. My patch was more modest, just forbid using PRN (and creating > a hard to delete file). > > Do we want to do what Igor suggested, although it's not Posix? > Pierre
Well, if you intend to forbid the use of PRN, NUL, LPT*, COM*, etc, you should probably modify the User's Guide section on DOS devices <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#AEN796>, which explicitly states that the previous behavior is allowed/expected. IMO, either the names should be special DOS devices (and allow full functionality), or they should be non-special names that are treated just like any other files (e.g., allowing the "aux" directory, etc). The prior choice follows the principle of least surprise; the latter may eliminate the need for managed mounts (eventually). Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton
