According to http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=3D/library/en-us/filei= o/fs/n aming_a_file.asp
com_, prn, nul, and ... files normally can't exit as these names are reserved. But windows api only test if file name 'begins' with them, not 'is = exactly' equal to them (probably a missing test in the code.. not resolved since = dos ....). So you normally can't create any file begins with them in name There is a workaround : Use the 'UNC' convention for local files : \\?\<completepath>\<filename> so del \\?\C:\Mydir\com1.fr will work !! Note that you cannot use relative paths with this method because unc = starts with a \\?\ (so start at top of filesystem, as with network unc). And FINALLY, with unc paths you CAN create/modify/delete files ending = with period !!! So if you have a file c:\temp\test.fr. you can delete it with del \\?\c:\temp\test.fr. !!! Xmail use 'unc' convention on win32 to create/modify/delete files ... Francis > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Rich - AutoTraker Inc. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Envoy=E9 : mercredi 8 juin 2005 16:54 > =C0 : xmail@xmailserver.org > Objet : [xmail] Re: DNS entry files >=20 >=20 > > Here we can't remove files like: > > com4.cz > > con.com > > com1.fr > > prn.pl > > com5.de > > com4.com > > com5.biz > > >=20 > Those look like normal file names to me. What is wrong with=20 > them? Are you=20 > sure they also don't have a trailing period? > Are you on Linux and "com","con"and "prn" are reserved words? >=20 > Rich... > www.autotraker.com > AutoTraker Inc. >=20 >=20 > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >=20 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
