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

[OGAWA Hirofumi]

René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> OGAWA Hirofumi schrieb:
>> Looks like we get a good reason to kill strange reserved names in vfat
>> (and msdos too?).
>> 
>> Could you/anyone check what shortname is used for "AUX" if it is created
>> in cmd.exe?
>
> on Windows XP Home SP2 I did:
>
>    mkdir d:\test
>    cd /d d:\test
>    echo 1 > \\?\d:\test\aux
>    echo 2 > \\?\d:\test\nul
>    echo 3 > \\?\d:\test\nul.x
>    echo 4 > \\?\d:\test\nul.longext
>    echo 5 > \\?\d:\test\...
>    echo 6 > "\\?\d:\test\[];,+="
>    echo 7 > "\\?\d:\test\   "
>    dir /x > a.txt
>
> And here's the contents of a.txt:
>
> --- snip! ---
>  Datenträger in Laufwerk D: ist 53_00_00
>  Volumeseriennummer: 1002-884F
>
>  Verzeichnis von D:\test
>
> 23.03.2006  12:21    <DIR>                       .
> 23.03.2006  12:21    <DIR>                       ..
> 23.03.2006  12:21                 4 0103~1
> 23.03.2006  12:21                 4 7154~1       ...
> 23.03.2006  12:21                 0              a.txt
> 23.03.2006  12:21                 4              aux
> 23.03.2006  12:21                 4              nul
> 23.03.2006  12:21                 4 NUL~1.LON    nul.longext
> 23.03.2006  12:21                 4              nul.x
> 23.03.2006  12:21                 4 ______~1     [];,+=
>                8 Datei(en)             28 Bytes
>                2 Verzeichnis(se), 31.506.370.560 Bytes frei
> --- snip! ---
>
> So, no shortname is created for aux on my machine.

Thanks, Phillip and Rene.

It seems the shortname. Because "a.txt" is using same form, and
"no shortname" is meaning a "broken directory entry" in fat spec.

> Of course that doesn't prevent us from creating one in vfat, right?

Yes. We would not need special case for devices.

I'll remove reserved names from vfat/msdos, because many OSes/commands
(even Windows) creates it.

Thanks.
-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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