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

[linux-os (Dick Johnson)]

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Phillip Susi wrote:

> It appears to simply be stored as "aux" under windows.  The filesystem
> itself has no reserved names.  The handling of AUX and CON and friends
> is just special case handling done at the win32 api level.
>
> OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
>> Could you/anyone check what shortname is used for "AUX" if it is created
>> in cmd.exe?
>>
>> Windows may be storing it as shortname, because it seems to be using
>> completely separated namespace for devices (I guessed from result of
>> google).
>>
>> Thanks.
>

Under win/2000 "aux" can't be created either by using C/C++ or
any of the usual utilities like `ftp`. The returned error-code
is "Permission denied", even from an administrator account.

I have a dual-boot lap-top so I tried to create a file called
"AUX" using `echo "">AUX`, under Linux-2.4.26. The error-code
was "Invalid argument". This is a "vfat" file-system. I was
able to create the device-name "CLOCK$", which is reserved in
DOS. I'm now rebooting the laptop, it should be interesting
to see if it still works! .... Yep. It's not a reserved name
in Win/2000.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.6.15.4 on an i686 machine (5589.48 BogoMips).
Warning : 98.36% of all statistics are fiction, book release in April.
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