At 03:27 PM 11/12/2001, Roland Glenn McIntosh wrote: >I can't seem to edit any files named "aux.c" . Why is this happening to me? >Steps to reproduce: > >echo "weidness" > aux.c >vi aux.c --> "aux.c is not a file" > >similar results with other editors / operations. >the "file" command reports it as character special device? >This is weird and poses difficulty porting packages that have an aux.c file.
The FAQ is your friend! ;-) What about DOS special filenames? http://www.cygwin.com/faq/faq_4.html#SEC58 Check the email archives too if you want to catch all the details of the multiple discussions on this subject. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
