--- Vivek Achary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sure we know about the endless list of M$ bugs but this one takes the
> cake.
>
> If you're on dual boot or have access to M$, just try to create a
> folder named "con" ...
con stands for "console" in DOS which has probably been carried forward
into Windows. The redirection operator is not as powerful as the unix
operator therefore if you wish to capture something from the STDIN you
interact with CON
To create a file on the fly you would do something like this:
---------------------------
COPY CON newfile.txt
Hello World
^Z
---------------------------
Simillary instead of redirecting data to the printer you copy files to
LPT1
I have in the past written data to a file instead of printing it
directly and then later run a command like this:
COPY printfile.prn LTP1:
I am assuming you can get a modem to work by doing
COPY modem.ctr COM1:
> You can't!
>
> And the humourous part, expectedly NO ONE at Microsoft knows why...
> maybe bcos M$ has a patent on creating "cons" ?
I wonder who in Microsoft you had asked that humourous question !!
Mithun
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