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FW: pubdestroyer2001.exe via anonymous FTP?
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- Subject: FW: pubdestroyer2001.exe via anonymous FTP?
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:48:33 +1000
This suggests to me that (as a faaaaar off when-time-happens) we might
be able to handle some of the tricky things like source dirs called
"aux" by redirecting the posix name aux to \\.\.....\aux.
Anyway, not planning to do this now, or expecting anyone else to, just
mailing so the concept is in the archives.
Rob
> Good note. I found the same thing is possible in unix. Try
> deleteing a
> directory called $HOME. However, you can just use the dos
> syntax in the note
> rather then posix:
> rmdir \\.\c:\temp\com1
> or substitute the c:\temp\com1 with the directory that
> offends you. I just
> tried it and it works quite well (both the mkdir and rmdir work).