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Re: What is aux???!


Colin JN Breame schrieb:
Try this:

$ mkdir aux
mkdir: `aux' exists but is not a directory

$ cat aux
(hangs)

$ ./aux
(hangs)

$ ls aux
aux

$ rm aux
$

http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html


Using (esp. unlinking) "NUL" and other special filenames is problematic. Use windows-special "\\.\" and "\??\" path-prefixes on Windows.

DEL \\.\c:\somedir\aux
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