Re: Vim thinks a directory is an illegal filename on Windows

[Charles E Campbell Jr]

William S Fulton wrote:

run: gvim .
on Windows at bottom it will say, eg: "C:\" Illegal file name
on Solaris and Linux at the bottom it will say, eg: . is a directory
The Unix message is less confusing. Can this for Windows versions as 
it still occurs in vim7.0f? Same message appears when doing
:new .

I haven't found any way to avoid these messages with netrw, so it sounds 
like an issue for Bram M.

Regards,
Chip Campbell