Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750804AbWC2PMT (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:12:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750806AbWC2PMT (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:12:19 -0500 Received: from mail.parknet.jp ([210.171.160.80]:55045 "EHLO parknet.jp") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750804AbWC2PMS (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:12:18 -0500 X-AuthUser: hirofumi@parknet.jp To: "Paul Rolland" Cc: "'Andrew Morton'" , Subject: Re: [PATCH] fat: kill reserved names References: <000701c65340$d9736ab0$b600a8c0@cortex> From: OGAWA Hirofumi Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 00:12:10 +0900 In-Reply-To: <000701c65340$d9736ab0$b600a8c0@cortex> (Paul Rolland's message of "Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:55:41 +0200") Message-ID: <87hd5hqo8l.fsf@duaron.myhome.or.jp> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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: 662 Lines: 23 "Paul Rolland" writes: > Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] > (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. > > D:\>mkdir LPT1 > The directory name is invalid. > > Windows doesn't want these !!! I was thinking so too, however, it can actually do. On Windows, you should echo > \\?\d:\LPT1 See http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=114289107300003&r=1&w=2 -- OGAWA Hirofumi - 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/