RE: cannot make a directory called aux

2004-02-09 Thread Ken Thompson
Hint, Did you ever consider reading the FAQs before posting -Original Message- From: cygwin-owneratcygwin.com On Behalf Of Troy Hicks Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 1:09 AM To: cygwinatcygwin.com Subject: cannot make a directory called aux This is a strange problem. Here are

Re: cannot make a directory called aux

2004-02-09 Thread Brian Dessent
Troy Hicks wrote: This is a strange problem. 'aux' is a reserved word, along with 'com', 'lpt', 'con', etc. which dates back to the days of DOS when you'd copy filename.txt lpt1: to print something. So, you can't use it as a filename. This is also in the FAQ:

Re: cannot make a directory called aux

2004-02-09 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Brian Dessent wrote: Troy Hicks wrote: This is a strange problem. 'aux' is a reserved word, along with 'com', 'lpt', 'con', etc. which dates back to the days of DOS when you'd copy filename.txt lpt1: to print something. So, you can't use it as a filename. This is