Re: VFAT: Can't create file named 'aux.h'?

[Jan Engelhardt]

>> "AUX" is (was) a reserved "filename" in DOS.  The Linux MS-DOS
>> filesystem preserves (protects) that.  The extension part does not
>> matter; it only checks the first 8 characters of the filename.
>> You'll need to use a different filesystem or filename...
>
>But this is VFAT, not FAT.  It should probably take the reserved name
>and mangle it.
>
NAK. How much more names will you be going to mangle because of FAT 
character restrictions? (< and > are one of the chars not allowed in FAT.)

>There should be more than that.  At the very least there is "CLOCK$"
>(arguably anything with $), "MSCD001" (and probably more than 001), as
>well as "COM5".."COM8".
>
Objection too. You can create these files without a problem within Win98, 
so it shall remain possible under Linux too.


Jan Engelhardt
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| Software Engineer and Linux/Unix Network Administrator
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