Re: fopen() and CON

[Chris Faylor <cgf at cygnus dot com>]

On Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 08:07:41PM -0200, Andre Oliveira da Costa wrote:
>>It depends on what you mean by "should".  If it was up to me, the
>>answer would be "no".  If it is up to Microsoft, the answer is "yes".
>>Cygwin can't override the underlying OS.
>
>I agree with you: IMHO, fopen("CON.xxx", "w") should _not_ open the
>terminal device (CON).  But, thanks to Micro$oft, WYEINWYG (What You
>Expect Is Not What You Get).  I understand that Cygwin is bound to the
>underlying OS, which, unfortunately, is a s* one.  You guys are doing a
>_great_ job, keep it going =)

Thank you.

Actually, the one that bites me all of the time is "aux".  I had a directory
by that name once and it was mounted on a samba partition.  I could do a
"dir" of the directory but I sure couldn't cd into it...

cgf

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