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Re: phantom file "aux" under bash b19
- To: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: phantom file "aux" under bash b19
- From: mh at mike dot franken dot de (Michael Hirmke)
- Date: 05 Apr 1998 17:02:00 +0200
- Organization: Kommunikationsnetz Franken e.V. (Nuernberg)
Hi Daniel,
>
>I couldn't find any reference to this in the FAQ:
>
>Under bash, b19, there is a phantom file "aux" that does not exist,
>but affects things such as "ls" and "tar".
aux is the a standard DOS "device" representing the keyboard.
You can't create, delete oder modify it with regular means.
There are a few of those special files: con, com<x>, lpt<x>, ...
Bye.
Michael.
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