Dear Jerome, AFAIK A DOS 8.3 extension has 3 characters, del and various other dos tools ignore everything that has more then 3 chars, so for del .jav is the same as .java
Thierry http://thierry.sniff-em.com JA> Hi, JA> maybe something similar to this: JA> http://seclists.org/lists/vuln-dev/2005/Feb/0007.html JA> Frank Dietrich wrote: >>Hi to all readers, >> >>this day I found a annoying misbehavior in Windows XP professional >>with SP2. >> >>I had a directory with some Java sources (*.java) and some backup >>files (*.jav). Because I din't longer need the backup files I would >>delete them with 'del *.jav'. But this command also delete all the >>source files. #§%*. The last backup was 4 hours ago. :-/ >> >>So I tried what happen and the result is the command above checks >>only the first three chars from the extension (DOS is alive). >> >>Here is how you can reproduce it: >> >>mkdir testbug >>cd testbug >>rem.>file1.jav >>rem.>file2.java >>rem.>file3.javas >>del *.jav >> >>All three files are deleted. Is this a known bug or a unknown feature? >> >>Frank >> >> -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Thierry Zoller mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
