Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965100AbWCUTz1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:55:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965101AbWCUTz1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:55:27 -0500 Received: from mail7.sea5.speakeasy.net ([69.17.117.9]:50855 "EHLO mail7.sea5.speakeasy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965100AbWCUTz0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:55:26 -0500 Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:55:23 -0800 (PST) From: Vadim Lobanov To: "H. Peter Anvin" cc: Jan Engelhardt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: VFAT: Can't create file named 'aux.h'? In-Reply-To: <442050C8.1020200@zytor.com> Message-ID: References: <1142890822.5007.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060320134533.febb0155.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <44203B86.5000003@zytor.com> <442040CB.2020201@zytor.com> <44204BD9.1090103@zytor.com> <442050C8.1020200@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1089 Lines: 36 On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >>>>You're confusing characters which aren't legal *VFAT* names which those > >>>>which > >>>>aren't legal *FAT* (8.3) names. > >>> > >>>Could you please name an illegal FAT name being legal VFAT name? > >> > >>"Green Furry Submarine" > >> > > > > Ah well. But aux.h is also forbidden under VFAT, is not it? Or no, because > > it's "just" an 8.3 name? > > > > It probably depends on how picky you want to be. As far as I know, even > NT will recognize a character device name without leaving \DEV\, even > though \DEV\ has been the "official" device prefix since DOS 2.0. > > Probably it would be worth trying to create "aux.h" under XP and see > what happens. Unfortunately I don't have a 'doze system handy at the > moment. Fails silently. > -hpa > > - Vadim Lobanov - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/