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Re: device names tidbit

To: DJ Delorie <dj at delorie dot com>, cygwin-developers at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
Subject: Re: device names tidbit
From: Geoffrey Noer <noer at cygnus dot com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 23:11:36 -0800
References: <200001072128.QAA00354@envy.delorie.com> <20000107173242.A25742@cygnus.com> <20000107193521.A26032@cygnus.com>

On Fri, Jan 07, 2000, Chris Faylor wrote:
[...]
> I would be really interested in hearing opinions on this.  Should we
> open files in such a way that we can create an "aux" or a "com"?
> Should this be the default?

I tend to think this might be a bad idea.  Plus, I don't recall seeing
complaints about this for a long time so I'm not convinced the
potential headache is worth it.

-- 
Geoffrey Noer		Email: noer@cygnus.com
Cygnus Solutions

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