.... and aux[.*] :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Berger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 7:20 PM
Subject: [xmail] Re: help (fwd)
Calin Florescu wrote:
>
> Apparently it's impossible to create on Windows a file or a folder having
> the name starting with "com" followed by a digit (0-9) and dot "."
> ("com4.com.br", "com1.ro" or "com9."). Probably because is similar with
> serial ports notation.
It *is* DOS device notation: Those special files do
exist everywhere, therefore you don't have to redirect
to /dev/something but can use something whereever you
are.
This applies not only to com<n>[.*], but also to nul[.*], prn[.*],
and lpt<n>[.*]
Cheers
Thomas Berger
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