Hmmm.
Oddly (?) enough, you can make a ".FILE" using a dos prompt (cmd), but
not using the win GUI. RMB->Create new->Text file on your desktop (or
anywhere using windows explorer) and try and create a file named
".dotfile". You can't do it (in XP-pro anyways).
-john
Tim Conway wrote:
In case cygwin was doing some filename mapping, I tried it in cmd:
C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\t>edit .dotfile
C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\t>del .dotfile
C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\t>echo dot >.dotfile
08/24/2005 08:55 AM <DIR> .
08/24/2005 08:55 AM <DIR> ..
08/24/2005 08:55 AM 6 .dotfile
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