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Prn lpt1 nul aux ...Win Xp


Hi,

I have recognized that files named "aux", "lpt1", "nul", "prn" ... (old DOS
devices) generated under Cygwin on a XP OS cannot be deleted anymore:

rm: cannot unlink `prn': Permission denied

Why? How to get rid of them?

Best regards

Ulrich

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